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Financials

Our Giant 400 is Minus 50

For more than 40 years, Professional Builder has published the Annual List of Housing's Giants. In recent years, the list has become more familiarly known as the Giant 400, because it lists the 400 largest home builders in the United States. This y

Financials

Where Can Home Builders Find Financing for Acquisition, Development and Construction?

Home builders are searching for financing for acquisition, development and construction. Can this lost dog be found?

Management

Builders and Banks Must Work Out the Work-Outs

For workouts to work between banks and builders, swiftness, transparency and property maintenance are the keys to shedding unwanted properties

Financials

Ashton Woods announces successful completion of exchange offer and capital restructuring plan

All prior defaults under the builder's senior credit facility were either waived or cured.

Financials

Innovators Help Home Builders Fill Financing Vacuum

New sources of equity investment capital are stepping in to fill the breach as investment and commercial banks retreat from builder credit lines, and new mortgage lenders are emerging, unburdened by toxic loan portfolios

Financials

Top 5 Business-Tax-Friendly States

Housing is a local business, but where is the most tax-friendly place to set up shop?

Financials

How homebuilders can prep for hedge funds

Understand hedge funds or private equity sources before you involve your homebuilding business.

Financials

Slowed Permit Levels are Part of the Housing Cycle

Single-family construction is down 63% from the peak. Construction is unlikely to fall much further, and should rebound quickly if this cycle follows the pattern of previous cycles.

Financials

10 Landmines to avoid in loan documents

Stuart Teicher, general counsel for the Teicher Organization, presents a list of common mistakes in loan documents and how to avoid them.

Financials

Down Housing Market Gives Opportunity to Roll Back Residential Impact Fees

The housing slump has a silver lining. Because the market is bad, builders are now in a position of strength to negotiate impact fees with municipalities.

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