Private home builders draw on 2011 insights to drive momentum into 2012.
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Schuck & Sons goes down just as Phoenix's housing market is reviving.
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The company's owners, however, have plans to build again under the name Merdedes Premier.
But changes to their operations are attributed more to market conditions instead of bankruptcy.
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Builders had to deal with new appraisal rules, limited lending, Chinese drywall, and more.
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Restructuring of ESOP builder would leave employee-investors with nothing and give founding family, which lent the firm millions, sole ownership.
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Proposal would give one major creditor, controlled by the Buescher family, all the stock in the newly restructured company.
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Florida-based builder hopes to be out of Chapter 11 by September.
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Florida builder owes more than $7 million to largest creditor.
Struggling builders turn to remodeling and commercial work, some for the long haul.