PB July 1999

One of the main tools in builders' efforts to create the best possible residential environment is higher-density housing, including townhouses and apartments as well as detached houses.

Where will you be five years from today?

Fannie Mae and NAHB are demonstrating their continued support of green building through a new partnership that will test and develop a menu of mortgage financing products based on environmentally efficient criteria

It is hard to believe that the first personal computer was developed just 20 years ago.

Of the publicly-traded home builders in the top tier of PB's Giants rankings, none is held in higher esteem by Wall Street analysts than Miami-based, Sun Belt-focused Lennar Corp.

Buyers expect and deserve a lot from their homes

It may not be cost-effective for smaller builders to hire a team of color consultants, and custom builders, by definition, work with their buyers to achieve individual color schemes.

One thing more than any other convinced me to pursue a career in journalism--the variety.

There are two common reasons the majority home builders' offer for not embracing green building and sustainable design: They don't want to throw out everything they know and re-learn how to build green houses. It costs too much to build green houses.

The green building concept has been catching on so well that web sites devoted to the topic are cropping up everywhere.