PB October 1999

Following a sharp drop in june, total housing starts rose sharply in July.

No NHQ winner ever set higher benchmarks, in just about every area of operations, than Rayco-former Professional Builder of the Year Ray Ellison's old San Antonio jugernaut.

Holiday Builders of Melbourne, Fla., sold out a 26-lot subdivision in just 90 minutes during a one-day event this past June at the Melbourne community of Magnolia Village.

As the topic of suburban sprawl and antigrowth legislation heats up with the upcoming federal elections, the Sierra Club recently released its second annual report on sprawl.

I'm probably like a lot of you. I've read a few of management guru Tom Peters' books.

Pulte Corporation, the nation's largest homebuilder, announced that it will add virtual tours to showcase their model homes on their website.

When M/I Schottenstein Homes president Bill Schottenstein decided to launch an al-out assault on the price creep that keeps potential first-time home buyers in rental apartments, his first target was land cost.

Consider a few facts about the Phoenix home building market.

A free environmental program developed by the NAHB is helping elementary school students learn abou the home building process, construction jobs and the environment.

Count suburban Chicago's kennedy Homes among those enthralled with the Rayco model of research-driven product development and even-flow production.