Finding and acquiring land has always been key for a successful home builder. But increasingly, the skills that help builders and developers become more profitable than their competitors are those that improve the process of obtaining necessary zoning
Focusing on the processes and people that are our business with an eye toward improvement reveals flaws we’d rather not see. But it is as Michael Dwight says: a problem can’t be solved until it has been acknowledged.
Field superintendents are our industry’s first and last defenders of quality homes. Their challenge is to build quality homes, sometimes despite a building production system that does not always work right.
It is no secret that a growing number of regulatory obstacles have constricted the supply of land for home building -- particularly in fast-growing areas of the country. The question has been how best to fight the trend.
Beginning this month, the oldest of this 76-million strong generation turns 55-the age when they are officially welcome in most of America's retirement communities.