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Economics

Some Markets Cooling

Four of last year's Top 15 areas--ranked in terns of the number of residential permits issued for all of 1998--have let fewer permits through the first eight months of this year than over the first two-thirds of last year.

Management

With a Little Help From My Friends

The staff here at Professional Builder is as good a group of people as anyone, most especially I, could ever hope to work with.

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Defining Green Building Strategies

A new, interactie software tool, the Green Building Advisor (GBA) helps users identify strategies for reducing the environmental impacts of a building project, while ensuring healthy and productive indoor spaces.

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Fieldstone Communities Follows

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.

Economics

Permits Fall Off Slightly

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

Building Materials

Denver's Oakwood homes Consolidates Vendors

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.

Economics

Geoie Writer

George S. (Geoie) Writer jr. has been to the mountaintop, and he's also seen the valley.

Management

Happy Homeowners Graduate From Shea

The classroom is a construction site, the instructor is a former superintendent and the students are homebuyers.

Business Management

Recruit, Reward, and Retain Management Talent

Faced with a full-employment economy and a strong housing market, how are the largest home building companies responding to the challenge of finding, hiring and retaining management talent?

Flooring

Kentucky Wood Floors

Brazilian Lacewood is a highly figured floor in 3/8 thick and 3 wide plank.

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features