Business Management
12 Processes That Must Be Addressed by Every Builder
Establishing sound business systems that ensure a healthy bottom line
Merge With Caution
Last week’s big announcement of the merger of StanPac and Ryland Group, creating a new member of the Top 5 Homebuilders, spawned a flurry of…
It’s All About the Process
Significant savings opportunities can be found in being more efficient with trade labor, materials, and employees, but that isn’t how you find the real cost savings. The route to the margin you seek is through process
Trade Shortage Heats Up. Looking for Love (and Relief) in All the Wrong Places
The shortage of qualified trade contractors is a problem that vexes the entire industry and finally people are waking up to it, largely for the…
Fear of First-Timers?
This week I read that Ivy Zelman, generally acknowledged as the top homebuilding financial analyst, was laying it on pretty heavy to builders at a…
Housing Giants
Process Perils and Profit for Home Builders
There are at least two dollars of process waste for each dollar you find in product, and the larger the builder, the greater the waste
Higher Growth/Lower Margins ... "It's Happening"
One of my “guilty pleasures” – you know, things that you should be embarrassed to admit you love – is the John Travolta movie, The Phenomenon…
Additional Margin: Find It, in These 6 Buckets
2015 will be the Year of Building Dangerously, unless ... you find additional margin. Here’s where to look for it
10 Questions to Ruin Your 2015, Unless ...
If you think you’ll get significantly higher retail prices in 2015 for your homes, you’re kidding yourself—but there are some factors you can control
