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Sales + Marketing

Builder Talks Effective Branding

Seattle-based high-performance builder Dwell Development's marketing strategy helped triple its sales, even pre-selling homes for 20 to 25 p...

Custom Home Design

Vermont Mid-Century Modern

This mid-century modern home looks just right for its rural Vermont site

Business Management

Big Gainers

Double-digit revenue growth for these home builders during the recovery started with pre-planning, re-examination, and retrenching during the recession.

Codes + Standards

Holmes Beach, Fla., orders couple to take down ‘dream’ tree house

Soon after completing a beach-side tree house, the town of Holmes Beach contacted the homeowners and said that the structure violated local codes; and if they did not remove it, they would be fined $500 a day.

Codes + Standards

Lawsuit: What's in a design?

Proving copyright infringement of a song, screenplay, or house design typically relies on circumstantial evidence because eyewitnesses or a confession by the defendant are rarely available.

Brick / Masonry / Concrete

Brick, the ?new? green material

The folks at Boral Bricks have known that brick is green for a long time. They’re demonstrating its attributes in three sustainable projects.

Codes + Standards

Families benefiting from Uponor systems in new Habitat for Humanity Eco Village homes

On Sunday, April 7, the first four families received keys to their homes in the St. Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity Eco Village project in River Falls, Wis.

Building Operations

Micro-fluency: Sí se puede!

Working at my second office yesterday (Starbucks), two latino twenty-somethings and their language choices caught my attention. They were...

Building Operations

4 tips for the coming labor crunch

A CNN Money article this week elaborated on what many construction firms already know: good labor is now hard to find. Some find this news...

Building Operations

How to use information to become indispensable

This thing will change your life. It may appear to be another timemarking commodity. It’s not. This clock not only gathers...

Building Operations

Socialize this

There’s a new business buzzword spreading like Strep Throat. I’m betting it’s still in the early adoption phase, but these viral epidemics ...

Single-Family Homes

Before and after: Revitalizing former best-selling plans

Even the hottest-selling plans from a few years ago need updating to match the current trends in residential design. Professional Builder’s House Review team demonstrates how to revitalize past bestsellers.

Lean Design

Great home plans: check out this 2,500-square-foot head turner

Today we have a ranch (or if you are on the East Coast, a rambler) to review. It is a Lean Design with a ton of amenities, and it is a...

PB December 2012

Builder of the Year - Toll Brothers | 13 Sales Strategies for 2013 | Remaking Your Past Bestsellers ...

Builder Talks Effective Branding

Vermont Mid-Century Modern

Big Gainers

Holmes Beach, Fla., orders couple to take down ‘dream’ tree house

Mortgage Rates Shoot Back Up to 7%

In These 32 Cities, Residents Can Afford a Home While Making Less Than $100K

Most Young Homeowners Say They’re Better Off Than They Were 4 Years Ago