In this column, Gary Grant — who just retired from Pulte's Minneapolis Division — imparts his lessons learned from 40 years in the industry

While most builders are passionate about building homes, most aren't particularly passionate about financial management. That needs to change

Building industry consultant John Burns believes multifamily housing is about to break out of the doldrums afflicting that sector for the last decade

The race to become the first 100,000-unit Housing Giant is fueling merger and acquisition activity among home builders

The lowdown on proper sizing, design, and installation of air handling systems

The Setup: An executive active in land acquisition and development for a large local production builder finds a choice building site on his own, without help from anyone. But then he thinks to himself, "This parcel is so good, we'd gladly pay a broker to get our hands on it." The Sting So instead of approaching the site owner directly, he calls a land broker .

The legions of hard-working immigrants that enable our livelihood go mostly unnoticed. Get out to the jobsites and listen to their stories—their journeys of what they left behind

The profitability of any housing community starts with land acquisition

Profit-based compensation systems have the proven potential to motivate employees while increasing their focus on critical business issues such as revenue, cost control, profit, and customer satisfaction

From four lots to 40,000 green acres, the fundamentals of land acquisition apply long before the buy