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By the Numbers

 

May 2012 Big Builder Supplement

May Big Builder

This special Big Builder supplement takes a look at how the 13 largest public builders fared in 2011; Private builders are beginning to learn how to do more with less; Chief executive compensation in 2011 and more.

 
 
 
 

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Design

  • Cover Story: What's New in the Neighborhood?

    Builders retool their communities for an all-out showdown with reality.

     
  • 'Open Series' Boosts Sales at KB Home

    Product with flexible floor plans and smaller square footage helps builder compete effectively against foreclosures.

     
  • Announcing the Winners of CHDA 2009!

    The 17th annual CUSTOM HOME Design Awards received 513 entries in nine categories. Just 24 projects were singled out for accolades. The jury comprised four distinguished custom builders and architects, including Heather Cass, FAIA, Cass & Associates Architects, Washington, D.C.; Jacob S. Goldberg...

     

Government and Legislation

  • NAHB's New Chief Lobbyist Is Ready for Battle

    "I have never met a member of Congress who isn't pro housing," says Jim Tobin, whom last month the NAHB named as its new senior vice president of government affairs.

     
  • In Pursuit of the All-Cash Transaction

    I've been thinking more about my blog post from last week on the continued tightness in the mortgage markets and how those constraints have been driving a steady increase in all-cash purchases of homes since 2007. In fact, in February and March 2011, those transactions, as a percentage of all known...

     
  • The Wild, Wild World of Mortgage Financing

    Little more than a week and change remains before the loan limits on mortgages eligible to be purchased by the GSEs or insured by the FHA reset Oct. 1. Despite a clarion call from the NAHB and other industry groups like the NAR to lobby for an extension of the current higher limits, the efforts may...

     

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