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
HVAC
Bring HVAC Ducts Inside
Cost-effective ways to meet zero-energy-ready home requirements with HVAC
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
2015 Professional Builder Housing Giants Report
Our annual rankings of the largest builders, as well as a closer look at the gains made, how they were achieved, and how they can be sustained
Housing Giants Are Changing With the Times
Big but adaptable, the nation's largest builders respond and innovate in response to market shifts
Is a Hot Market the Right Time to Prepare for a Cooler One?
Economists and home builders agree that the short-term future looks smooth. So, is now the time to prepare for the next bumpy ride?
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