Builder 100: Painful Year

Though many small builders closed their doors with little fanfare in 2007, public builders were in the national news on a weekly basis for slashing prices, losing money, or blaming the media and mortgage industry for the industry’s fall.

 

Builder 100 Over The Years

At 30, BUILDER looks back at America’s largest builders and how they got to where they are today.


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Builder 100

Our definitive annual report on the nation's largest home builders. Now updated with 2007 data.

 

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  • Pulte: Time to Toot Our Horn?

    Pulte says it's pleased to be recognized as tops in green home performance by the recent Calvert report, but wonders whether it needs to be more vocal about its green building efforts.

  • Practice Makes Perfect

    A professor tells Builder 100 CEOs that great leadership requires perspiration and inspiration.

  • Avatar Reports First Quarter Loss

    The Coral Gables, Fla.–based company lost $556,000, or $0.07 cents per share, in the quarter ended March 31, it reported.

 

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Field Report 2008: Shock Waves

When a builder goes bankrupt, the damage is felt far beyond its own company.


In the April 2008 issue:

  • The 2008 Watermark Awards

    Conventional wisdom hits the chopping block in this year’s kitchen and bath competition.

  • Listen Up

    Builder sales teams need a makeover, and it starts with listening more.

  • A Waiting Game

    Builders play the cards they’ve been dealt to stay afloat.

  • Seiders: Pricing Predicament

    We must use caution in determining the best path for reducing inventory and balancing the markets.

 
 

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Boyce on Building

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NVR Actually Makes Money

Boyce Thompson, Editorial Director of Builder magazine

Anyone looking for a model for how home building companies should operate in good times and bad should analyze how NVR does business. This is a company that learned its lessons the hard way.

 
 
 

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Enter the 2008 Builder's Choice Awards

Click here for entry and registration forms for the 2008 Builder's Choice Design and Planning Awards.

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Fast Track 2008 Call for Entries

It's the growth rate, not the size of the company that matters in Builder's annual list of fastest-growing companies.

 
 

From The Archives

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Tight Squeeze

It's a curious thing. At the same time that houses are getting bigger and bigger, lot sizes keep on getting smaller and smaller. Just look at the numbers: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average size of new homes increased from 2,095 square feet in 1992 to 2,434 square feet in 2005.

 
 

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America's Best Builder 2008 Winner: David Drees

Boyce Thompson interviews Drees Home CEO David Drees. Despite the downturn, Drees believes in keeping employees upbeat by giving them the tools to succeed. Watch this episode to find out how he does it.

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