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  • On-your-lot Builder Stakes Its Own Ground

    Managers acquired Ohio-based Wayne Homes from Centex earlier this year.

     
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    Navigating The Downturn

    Ever the optimists, a clear majority—55 percent—of the 744 home builders who responded to our "State of the Industry" survey say 2008 is the...

     
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    Tips To Live By

    Chuck Shinn offers suggestions on how builders can trim fat from their construction processes.

     

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  • Waste Not, Want Not

    In late October, Prescott, Ariz., auctioned 2,274 acre-feet of effluent for more than $67 million. One month later, a huge plant in Orange C...

     
  • Do the Math

    When C.P. Morgan Communities chose Charlotte, N.C., as its first expansion market, in 2004, it selected it from 25 cities the builder had an...

     
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    A Dry Season

    A 2003 United Nation report made a grim prediction: More than half of humanity will be living with water shortages within 50 years. That sam...

     
 

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  • Centex Plans to Exit Detroit

    Just weeks after Centex announced a bulk land sale of 8,500 lots, the company continues its efforts to move to an “asset-light” model and co...

     
  • Builder 100 - Sneak Peek

    Not all the results from the Builder 100 are in, but it’s already clear which companies will land in the top 10. D.R. Horton retained its ti...

     
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    Quarry Quandary

    Florida home builders who use concrete—essentially all of them—could be facing a major crisis in the coming months if an appeals court does ...