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How 2023's Housing Market Conditions Are Affecting the 2024 Market
Last year ended on an optimistic note, but persistent headwinds still exist to keep 2024 from getting the housing market back to pre-pandemic levels
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
Planning + Development
Develop Land or Buy Lots? Home Builders Face Dilemma
Home builders weigh which strategy will best allow them to survive and profit when the market turns around
10 Keys to a More Streamlined Home Building Company
Home builders need a streamlined operation that can grow easily. Here are 10 ways to build that business
Custom Builder
How to Track Your Trade Contractors
Custom builders can use this checklist to make sure their trade contractors are keeping their end of the bargain
National Housing Quality Award
Mungo Homes: More Than a Family Business
Irmo, S.C.-based Mungo Homes scored a National Housing Quality award on its very first try, which almost never happens
Business Management
Take the Voodoo Out of Home Building Process Improvement
With a few notable exceptions, builders haven't figured out that if they create a disciplined, bulletproof building process, they'll have very few customer issues. And for those who do, they have time to deal with them
Is Your Home Building Management Team Working at Its Best?
Get your management team fully engaged and arm them with a consistent level of knowledge and skills to sell, build, and deliver higher-quality homes
Customer Satisfaction
How Home Builders Can Deal With Difficult Customers
Every home builder has stories about clients who make the home building process more complicated. When conflicts arise, finding a satisfactory resolution depends on how well the builder and his team are prepared to respond
Business Management
Liability Insurance for Home Builders
Home builders remain among the toughest classes of business to insure, but the insurance market has begun to soften for them. Large builders in particular are seeing increased competition among insurers, better terms and conditions, and even better pricing
Awards
Larry Webb Named Housing Giants CEO of the Year
Leadership. Innovation. Proven performance. Community involvement. Those are the attributes the editors of Housing Giants looked for when deciding to name our first-ever CEO of the Year
Business Management Best Practices
Process Mapping for CQI
Process mapping is a continuous quality improvement approach that can help home builders reduce operational waste and improve product or service quality, customer satisfaction ratings, team productivity and risk management
