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How to Create a More Inclusive Workplace for Women in Construction
Consider these tips and techniques to attract and retain more women in your home building company and reap the benefits of a more diverse workforce
AI in Home Building ... What Now? What Next?
Artificial intelligence is coming to home building. How can builders use AI in new-home construction? Start with this primer
Ways to Improve Home Building Productivity, Part 2: Automation
Home builders can maximize efficiencies gained through simplification and standardization by automating both on-site and back-office operations
Built on Happiness: Meet Pro Builder's 2023 Builder of the Year
Delaware-based Schell Brothers, our 2023 Builder of the Year, brings a refreshing approach to delivering homes and measuring success with an overriding mission of happiness
A Broken Housing System Hurts American Families
NAHB Chairman's Message: In a challenging business environment for home builders, and with higher housing costs for families, the National Association of Home Builders is working to help home builders better meet the nation's housing needs
Pro Builder 2024 Housing Forecast
Sure there are challenges, but overall, Pro Builder's annual Housing Forecast Survey finds home builders are optimistic about the coming year
Business Management
Transferring the Boom
The Silver Tsunami is coming for many smaller and mid-sized businesses in the U.S. as Baby Boomers retire. Massachusetts is encouraging Boomer…
How To
An RFQ Checklist for Greater Efficiency and Better Margins
A well-prepared request for quotation eases anxiety and goes a long way toward minimizing project delays and cost overruns. Here’s the scope
Sales
Making the Sale: Wants vs. Needs
When selling homes, does desire or require have the most pull with prospects?
Digital Marketing
Mastering Customer Feedback—More Important Than Ever
Today, consumers have the power with a single review to make or break a business. You need to play an active role in that process, shaping customer ratings into a strategic tool that makes your business smarter, more efficient, and more profitable
Business Management
Home Building’s ‘DEW Line’
What are your early indicators that something is going wrong?
Lean Building
Putting the Value Back in Value Engineering for Home Builders
It isn't about cutting costs. It's about adding value to the homes you build
New Year, New Paradigm
A new report stresses that flexibility and openness to innovation are key traits for succeeding in real estate and home building when faced with increasing market complexity in 2019, leading up to housing's major inflection point, 2020
Landscape of Single-Family Rentals Becoming More Singular
Filed under: mergers and acquisitions, the single-family rental (SFR) industry is fast becoming all-in-the-family. The recent sale of SFR platform…
Leadership
3 Ways to Maintain Culture While Managing Growth
Your people are vital to your organization. After all, they are the ones helping to make the growth happen, so if they aren’t motivated and engaged, then rapid growth can become more of a stressor than a cause for celebration
Builder of the Year
Risk Diverse: Trumark Companies Is 2018 Builder of the Year
Trumark Companies cuts a new path to success focused on diversity, tenacity, and sincere collaboration to ensure sustainable growth and profitability