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National Survey Reveals the New Normal for Homeownership

Record foreclosures and unprecedented home devaluations may have tarnished homeownership, but the desire to own a home remains strong.


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2012 Product Preview: Great Expectations

This series of doors allow sizes up to 10 feet tall.

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Sea Island Cottages Sell

Reset prices on island lots in Charleston, S.C., help homes sell fast.

lowering the temperature envitrums vitrobrick acts like a masonry material but takes 60 percent less heat to produce.

Two Graduate Students Find a New Way to Reuse More Glass

Envitrum has developed a product that's more environmentally friendly than masonry.

 

2012 State of the Industry

Making the best of another bad year, Builders are surviving through sheer effort and determination.


2011 BUILDER 100 Survey

Enter the BUILDER 100 and Next 100, the industry’s premier list of the nation’s largest home builders.


 
 

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Mark Hodges

Introducing the Darwin Award

Mark Hodges: On Strategy

Mark Hodges is Principal of Blueprint Strategic Consulting, helping homebuilders plan for growth by facilitating strategic planning, helping to define core company objectives and create action plans needed to enable success, and developing the organizational mechanisms to ensure alignment at all levels.

I have an idea for a new award for the homebuilding industry – the Darwin Award. It would be presented to any homebuilder (or company that depends on homebuilding for its existence) that is still in business today. Sure, that’s quite a few companies, but a damned sight fewer than existed a few short years ago.
 
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Denver Tour Turns Up Several Strong-Sellers

Boyce Thompson: Boyce On Building

Boyce Thompson is editorial director of the BUILDER group of magazines published by Hanley Wood. Drawing on his years of experience covering home building, architecture, and retailing, Boyce tackles diverse and far-ranging industry topics in his twice-weekly blog.

Dan Nickless stole the show at our Denver housing market briefing this fall. After the moderator revealed that the Ryland president had sold 35 homes in the first 60 days since opening Steel Ranch in Lewisville, Colo., everyone wanted to know: How did he do it?
 
Ted Cushman

Rx for the Foreclosed-Homes Glut: Bulk Sales to Big Landlords?

Ted Cushman: The Ten-Penny News

Ted Cushman covers the home building industry as a freelance writer from his base in the hills of Western Massachusetts. His blog promises insightful, accurate, and practical coverage of home building techniques, building science, and housing economics.

I have something interesting in my in-box this morning: a mailing from John Burns Real Estate Consulting taking a look at how this country should handle the huge mass of foreclosed homes that is dragging down the real estate market, and killing the homebuilding industry. Burns has an interesting take, and it reminded me to look back at what I've written in the past on this topic.
 
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Builders, NOW you can SUCCESSFULLY compete against re-sale!

Mollie Elkman: Modern Marketing

Mollie is Vice President of Group Two Real Estate Marketing and Advertising, one of the largest homebuilder marketing and advertising agencies in the United States. Mollie¹s blog focuses on initiating thought provoking conversations within the building industry. She focuses on new and controversial trends in the increasingly Internet savvy world we live in.

Introducing a unique competitive advantage . . .
 
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Green Thoughts

Chuck Shinn: Rx from the Profit Doctor

Charles C. Shinn, Jr., PhD, often referred to as the Profit Doctor, is the founder of the Shinn Group of Cos., The Lee Evans Group, and Builder Partnerships. His constant focus is to help builders and manufacturers to improve the performance of their companies, enhance relationships, and ultimately maximize their total profits.

In order to maximize sales, rediscover profits, and work toward the goal of 100% customer satisfaction, all of us are striving to find the ideal balance between: Product Differentiation, Target Marketing, Sales Management, Cost Control, Professional Advice and Planning Support. One way to do this is to incorporate strong corporate continuity while using various nationally recognized home features associated with Green construction.
 
Al Trellis

When Truisms Collide

Al Trellis: Ask Al

Al Trellis, the president of Home Builders Network in Mount Airy, MD, has over 35 years experience as a custom builder, engineer, consultant, columnist, and speaker. He’s known for his creativity and insights into improving profits and productivity.

Recently I had dinner with a nationally known speaker, whose work is completely outside the homebuilding industry. He mentioned that one of his commencement presentations focused on the theme of “The Good is the Enemy of the Best.” I responded by saying that I often talk about “The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good.”
 
 

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The 29th annual New American Home; Analysts and economists handicap the housing recovery; The desire to own a home remains strong; State of the Industry, and more.

 

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Surviving the Housing Recession

William S. Marvin Hall of Fame inductee Bill Davidson speaks with Editorial Director Boyce Thompson about how his company, Davidson Communities, is faring during the current housing recession. He explains what changes he’s made to his homes and what’s important to his buyers.

 
 
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