PB May 2003

Where do I focus my attention to get the biggest return on my investment?

Let's just call this Part II of our 2003 report on housing's Giants because we found one we missed before our April issue closed.

Does the notion popularized by some housing industry analysts and the popular press that large national home builders have advantages destined to render local and regional builders helpless and unable to compete hold true?

In its drive to cover the country with on-your-lot operations, Centex Corp.'s Wayne Homes division has a new weapon.

As we learned from the stock market during the past three years, all bubbles eventually burst.

I meet few builders who understand the true value of a search firm.

The home building game is like America's favorite board game

Few North Carolinians grow up with an appreciation for ice hockey. Fewer still play it.

The home building game is not unlike America's favorite board game:

The list of building product materials grows longer every day as new uses are found for familiar substances.