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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
Standard Pacific and Ryland Group Announce Merger
The merger will create a company with equity market capitalization of about $5.2 billion
Business Management
Listen Up Home Builders, It’s All About the Process
Significant savings can be found in being more efficient with trade labor, materials, and employees, but that isn’t how you find the real cost savings in production building. The route to the margin you seek is through process
Business Management
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…
Success Tip: Share Your Secret Sauce
Open-source sharing of best practices can be your key to success
New-Home Sales
Home Builders, Sharpen Your Options Strategy
Offering special features and upgrades gives you an edge with buyers, but competitive pricing, optimal margins, and streamlined packaging are essential
Sales Lead Tracking
CRM Systems: How a Good One Can Strengthen Sales
Choosing the right customer relationship management system allows you to manage the customer life cycle to increase your bottom line
Jarod Blaney on Stanley Martin's Merger and Lessons Learned From the Recession
Stanley Martin's COO talks about the downturn and the company's challenges after merging with Piedmont Realty & Construction
Main Street vs. Wall Street
The tale of a small builder’s quest to maintain his market share against the big guys
Housing Giants
The Consolidation Convergence
A confluence of factors will swell the ranks of buyers and sellers and fuel even more merger and acquisition activity among home builders for the next couple of years
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