Production builders have dealt with storm-water runoff erosion controls for more than a decade. Now, regulations that went into effect last spring are snaring even custom builders on sites as small as 1 acre.

In less than a decade, transplanted Californian Perry Ashby has helped change the Missoula, Mont., new home market for the better.

Above all else, determine two factors during the feasibility or “free look” period of a land purchase agreement

WCI Communities achieved the first U.S. gold-level certification from the Audubon Signature Cooperative Sanctuary Program at its Raptor Bay Golf Club in Florida.

Local officials are counting streets and intersections to gauge whether the index of street connectivity satisfies local requirements.

Wayne Colmer's firm has developed and built approximately 600 homes in his 16 years as an independent builder/developer. The common thread: All the homes were built in communities where entitlements are tough to come by.

Ben Anderson contacted the landowner and offered assistance in overcoming five hurdles that stood in the way of development on the site.

The legal structures underpinning land-control deals can be confusing. We turned to a residential transaction expert, attorney Mathew A. Wyman, a partner with Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP in Los Angeles, to sort it out.

More tips on how to control land.