Home Design
Easier Living by Design? Builders Are Exploring New Approaches
Home builders are finding that designing houses that are easier to live in can draw buyers and maybe a price premium as well
Leadership
Make Your Exit: Succession Planning for Smooth Leadership Transfer
Succession planning is essential for smooth leadership transfer, but what shape that plan takes will be specific to each business. We talk to builders about their end game and look at exit strategy challenges and options
Windows
Windows Into the Future: Fenestration Trends and Technologies
New technologies help meet demand for larger, more durable, and better-performing fenestration products and systems
Leadership
A First Job's Leadership Lessons With Real Staying Power
The steel mill where my career began may be gone, but the management and leadership lessons learned are as fresh as ever
Coronavirus Resources and Information
NAHB’s Response to COVID-19, Supporting Builders
NAHB Housing Policy Briefing | As Americans respond to COVID-19, the National Association of Home Builders is helping members respond to the novel coronavirus and evolving economic slowdown / Economic outlook
Market Data + Trends
Up to the Challenge? Builders Face Down a Range of Obstacles
From short-term bumps to multiyear hurdles, survey results reveal the key challenges builders face
Construction
Net Zero Energy: The Ultimate Z.E.N. Home's Wall Assembly
The Ultimate Zero Energy Now Home proves there’s more than one way to deliver a high-performance wall
Sales + Marketing
Become the Big Fish: How to Seize Tier 2 and 3 Market Opportunities
Builders can use this checklist to dominate Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets that offer potential
Purchasing
Are You Getting a Good Deal on Your Purchasing?
A little due diligence and a total-cost mindset go a long way to determining if you’re getting a good deal on your purchasing
Quality Matters
Tips for Getting Jobsite Washouts Right
Proper disposal of concrete, paint, and other toxic slurries is an important quality-control measure on construction jobsites for a range of reasons, from protection of the environment to protecting your bottom line