PB October 2003

Improve profitability by looking at direct construction costs before tackling operating expenses.

Front Street has traditional single-family housing, with no resemblance to live/work urban lofts that put the business below and living quarters above. Ralph Spargo says Standard Pacific and Bassenian/Lagoni Architects aimed for house plus office, not ...

A French company offers a line of veneer panels with a mix of shapes, colors, textures and species to create three-dimensional effects.

The Census Bureau's recently released American Community Survey makes us wonder if home builders are ready for recent immigration's impact on local housing markets.

The easier the maintenance, the more likely your homes will reflect quality 10, 20 or 50 years from now. Here's a checklist for 'smart durability' - building practices that can improve durability by easing the maintenance burden.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 1997 listing of the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl as endangered was 'arbitrary and capricious' and violated FWS policies.

Many Hispanics in the Orlando, Fla., area thought homeownership was beyond their reach, before KB Home began sponsoring monthly home buying seminars.

As Starts Slow, so Might Panel Prices

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.

On the court and off, basketball plays an important part in David Caligaris' life.