Smart Growth the Way Forward?
In the face of greater housing underproduction than previously anticipated, more than 5 percent of the total national housing inventory, a third way is being championed by report authors and housing researchers and economists.
Announcing the Race to Zero Grand Winner
The top prizewinner of this student competition offers a site-efficient and energy-wise home on a dense infill site in a challenging climate
Boulder Considers Adding More Accessory Dwelling Units
The City Council of Boulder, Colorado is currently considering loosening restrictive policies regarding the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Big Opportunities for Builders
Three unmet needs and the market shifts they signal are a call to innovation; a chance for differentiation
Detroit, New Orleans, And Other Progressive Cities That Foster Small Businesses
Even though they provide almost all of the net new jobs created over the last 70 years, small…
Mortgage Master: 75 Million Homebuying Millennials on the Horizon
A study found that 93 percent of 75.3 million Millennials want to own a home in the near future
Today's Choice: Employee Satisfaction or the Poacher
Headhunters, home builders, and other industries are looking for talent. If you ignore employee satisfaction, your human capital will be hired away.
Big Gainers
Double-digit revenue growth for these home builders during the recovery started with pre-planning, re-examination, and retrenching during the recession.
Trend lines, stutter steps, and the lemming effect
This recovery is one in which builders would do well to recognize the trend lines and take a steady course of action rather than stutter steps, which can harm your business.
Building middle ground
In looking ahead to 2013, we asked builders who placed in the middle of the pack in our survey about the lessons they learned from the downturn, and how they are applying that information to future opportunities.
The search for the magic model
For this issue Pat O’Toole, our venerable publisher, asked me to write about the best business models among those home builders in what is often termed the second tier of the industry, or those companies ranked in the top 25 to 100.
The underutilized and awesomely powerful spreadsheet
From what I gather in my dealings with builders and designers, our industry underutilizes spreadsheets.
Immigration reform must address labor shortage
The NAHB and other organizations are recommending any new immigration law to include a program that opens a legal path for foreign workers to enter the United States when the economy needs them.
Motivating a cast of thousands
The two trophies most builder sales operations covet are more qualified traffic and more sales. An often-overlooked way to attain both is a well-thought-out and executed participation program for Realtors.
The Inverse Golden Rule + 3 CYA tools when working with Hispanics
You know The Golden Rule, right?
He who has the gold makes the rules.
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Retirement rocks, if you can afford it
Active-adult communities sure have come a long way. We all know that the massive numbers of baby boomers hitting retirement age want to remain…
