PB January 2004

2004 NHQ Silver Award recipient wins in the race that never ends.

The Environmental Protection Agency seeks feedback on a voluntary label that builders can use on homes meeting exemplary specifications for indoor air quality.

The NAHB made significant progress on a number of key issues in 2003.

People tend to replicate their past behavior, so understanding what they did in the past provides an accurate barometer of what they will do in the future.

Pulte Homes announced it has entered a 'strategic business relationship' with Pratte Development Co., one of the nation’s largest wood framing and concrete foundation companies and a dominant player in those contracting businesses in Arizona and Nevada...

Track the time it takes to ensure quality and get it right the first time to turn hidden costs into an unexpected profit stream.

More money bleeds away during the startup process than anywhere else in home building. Certainly more than during the construction process itself.

To attract targeted buyers to The River Club, its gated golf course community in Suwanee, Ga., Crescent Resources has run a series of two-page advertisements describing targeted residents Jack, Claire, Patrick and Robert. All four people are fictional....

Two faucet manufacturers team with world-renowned designers to deliver products consumers want.

Is it a sign of the apocalypse when people spend $525,000 to buy an 8-year-old house just to get the lot? How about when they tear down the 'old' house and spend $1.6 million to build a new one on the lot? This happens regularly in Sarasota, Fla.