Home builders share their most effective strategies for turning browsers into buyers this spring.
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Sales leads are lost through leaky referral pipelines and agents who don’t call back.
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Companies share their strategies for fine-tuning business operations.
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Offering incentives and discounts continues to be the status quo for most builders.
But where builders and their products fit into that vision differs for each buyer group.
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NAHB is studying how it might fight new RESPA rule.
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Scientists say buildings can survive such storms if structures are well-built.
IN 1988, AFTER NEARLY 20 SUCCESSFUL years in real estate and home building, Gene McKown went belly-up, a victim of an economic slide in the Southwest brought on by collapsing oil prices. Two decades later, the 62-year-old McKown—in partnership with co-owners a generation younger—not only has...
Much like race-horses wearing blinders, America's Best Builders—Gaffney Homes, The Green Co., Touchstone Homes, and Ideal Homes—have kept their focus on what's ahead despite a year of suffering sales. Last year's closings may reflect consumer caution, but the leaders of these four leading-edge...