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The Builder's Role in a Connected Home Future
CEDIA's Giles Sutton offers insight on how home builders can gain a competitive advantage against existing homes.
Thomas Beadel on Splitting Lots, Doubling Inventory
The business model for Thomas James Homes' Trademark by TJH brand brings more opportunities for buyers in neighborhoods where inventory is tight
Andrés Duany on New Urbanism’s Legacy and Affordable Housing
As a leading advocate for smart growth, Miami-based architect and urban planner Andrés Duany's vision for housing development and affordability is both bold and practical
Converting Homebuyer Move-In Gifts to Homes for the Poor
The 141 Project is a nonprofit coalition of home builders that raises money to build homes for impoverished families overseas while fostering goodwill with clients in the U.S.
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Modular Homes
Ken Semler on Franchising's Role in Helping Modular Building Grow
Can a national franchise be the solution to what is holding back single-family residential construction from modular building?
Economics
Reasons for Economic Recovery, and How Builders Can Plan for It
More than two months into an economic downturn that rivals the worst of the Great Recession, Robert Dietz and his team are working to help builders make sense of COVID-19's impact on the housing industry
Energy Efficiency
Aaron Nitzkin on Carbon Reduction Using All-Electric Home Incentives
Aaron Nitzkin, chairman of the city of Davis, Calif.'s solar task force, weighs in on reach codes and how the municipality is using the carrot rather than the stick to encourage all-electric homes to reduce carbon emissions
NAHB
NAHB’s 2020 Chairman Talks About Housing’s Future and Initiatives for Diversity
Punctuating a decades-long commitment to the NAHB at the local, state, and national levels, Hudson County, N.J., builder Dean Mon is now chairman
Business Management
Katie Beck on Assessing Risk for a Changing Home Building Industry
Pro Builder talks with Katie Beck, Head of Home Builders at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, to glean insights into how construction liability insurance could be streamlined
Q+A
Want Continuous Improvement? NHQ Hall of Famer Bill Saint Says Look in the Mirror
Bill Saint can empathize with builders wary of tackling the NHQ Awards application. After all, he’s been on both sides of the process
Builders
Jack Nulty Shows How One House Can Change 5,000 Lives
As the nonprofit's executive director, Jack Nulty spent the past eight years providing builders with a way to help people in developing nations help themselves via microfinance
NAHB Economist Robert Dietz Talks ‘Growth Recession’ and Housing in 2020
Q&A with the National Association of Home Builders' chief economist to answer some of the industry's burning questions about the housing market and economic forecast
Brandon Patterson Is Working to Rebuild the Skilled Trades Pipeline in Iowa
Q+A with Brandon Patterson, who is rolling up his sleeves to address the lack of skilled trades in construction in his region
The Framer Who Went Modular: Q+A With Nathan Young of ModsPDX
By rethinking his approach to legacy building methods, Nathan Young is achieving greater efficiencies and lower production costs
