the Trails by john Laing Homes captures the traditional Craftsman style of architecture in homes priced from the low $200s to the low $300s.

Master planner Rancho mission Viejo L.L.C. is dedicating 40% of the 1600 acres to permanent open space.

Borrowing architectural elements from million-dollar Main Line homes and building them into houses at substantially lower price points has resulted in a home run for Exton-Pa,-based Rouse/Chamberlin homes.

The urban Land Institutte (ULI) presented its 1999 Awards for Excellence at a ceremony held at ULI's annual fall meeting in washington, D.C.

Sales and design centers are more than a growing trend for today's production builders--they have practically become business as usual.

If recent new-home sales figures indicate a slight economic downturn, that may be good news for the industry in terms of bringing material supply closer to demand, says NAHB chief economist David Seiders.

Add Newport Beach, Calif.-based Fieldstone Communities to the list of builders falling head-over-heels in love with the 'Rayco model' of production building operations.

When Denver's Oakwood Homes won the 1995 National Housing Quality Award, the company was cited for partnering relationships with manufacturers and suppliers as well as trade contractors.

Residential building permits nationwide were issued at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.612 million units during august 1999.