Is Your Home Building Business Set Up for Agility?
Why developing an agility-based mindset is critical to effectively manage today’s home building challenges. Part 2 of a series
States Where Construction Wages Are Rising the Fastest
These states are home to the highest and fastest rising construction wages in the nation
Managing With Data (or How to Get Your Processes to Talk to You)
To improve their margins, home builders need good data. But the home building industry isn't really skilled at measuring or providing it. It's time to change that
Agility: Your Business's Antidote to Chaos
Volatile market conditions are now the norm in the home building industry. Taking an agile approach can distinguish your business and set you up for success
How to Optimize Your Plan Portfolio and Gain an Edge on the Competition, Part 1
To stay ahead of the competition, simply value engineering your homes is not enough. Adopt a performance-based mindset
Pro Builder's Forty Under 40: Keys to a Winning Entry
The 2023 Forty Under 40 recognition program is now open for entries. Check out these expert tips for nominating and giving a rising star the best chance to be recognized!
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Lean Building
How to Optimize Your Plan Portfolio and Gain an Edge on the Competition, Part 1
To stay ahead of the competition, simply value engineering your homes is not enough. Adopt a performance-based mindset
Forty Under 40
Pro Builder's Forty Under 40: Keys to a Winning Entry
The 2023 Forty Under 40 recognition program is now open for entries. Check out these expert tips for nominating and giving a rising star the best chance to be recognized!
Business Management
Advice for Right-Sizing Your Business Expenses
Why you should consider a holistic approach to cutting expenses when volume drops
Business Management
Business Measurement Fails, Part I
Why is getting the numbers right so hard when managing a business?
Business Management
A Deming Dozen: Nuggets of Wisdom to Work and Live By
Wise words from quality and efficiency expert Dr. W. Edwards Deming abound. Here’s a look at a dozen of the best of Deming's ideas that home builders can learn from
Sales Lead Tracking
Don't Waste Your Leads: Own Them and Get Serious About Managing Them
Leads are a home builder's lifeline and source of future cashflow (and profits). And while owning and managing leads is important for business success, it's essential in a slowing economy
Business Management
Advice for Home Builders Navigating a Housing Market in Flux
Successful builders can grow during this housing recession if they plan for it by maintaining liquidity, keeping up their reputation, and actively searching for opportunities
New-Home Sales
Winning Strategies for Selling New-Construction Homes
Recent market conditions have taught home builders some valuable sales lessons and have also forced builders to take a hard look at how they're engaging homebuyers in order to meet rising expectations
Business Management
Walk on By? If You're Ignoring Waste, It's at Your Own Expense
Sure, there are new methods and tech advances that might save you some coin, but don’t overlook the big dollars right in front of you right now
Purchasing
Sales 101: When Negotiating, Pay Attention to Body Language
Your ability to recognize nonverbal cues at the negotiating table can mean the difference between a bad deal and a successful outcome in a sales negotiation
