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09-06-2007
With starts down and cancellations up, builders no longer expect a home run with each new community. Now, they'll settle for base hits, for doubles, and even for walks that finally get that languishing spec house and its shrinking margins off the field. Veterans look at the rookies and shake their heads. “They've never been through a downturn,” they say, wise from years of ups and downs. “They'll never make it.”
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09-09-2003
No wonder the uphill climb at mile 21 of the Boston Marathon is known as "Heartbreak Hill." The builders we chose to highlight this year in our annual Fast Track list of fast-growing builders know that type of pain.
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09-12-2006
Experience has never been more valued than right now, as builders deal with the double whammy of robust competition and weakening sales. In our eighth annual Fast Track list, we examine the secrets of fast-growing builders'success—and what they're doing to keep the pace.
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09-09-2004
CYCLISTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE who compete in the Tour de France, learn early to pace themselves. Go too slow, and they'll lack the velocity to make it up a steep slope. Go too fast, and they'll lose control on a hairpin turn. The best have both the speed they need to win short sprints and the stamina to carry them through races that stretch over days and weeks.
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Oregon builder renews state corporate registration after local business journal reports that former Fast Track builder has dissolved.
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09-12-2005
FEW BUILDERS CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RIDE THE housing market has taken them on during the last decade. At times, it's been almost as if speed limits haven't existed, as low interest rates, buyer demand, and price appreciation have combined to accelerate builders' growth well beyond their expectations.
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03-01-2004
True to form, the intractable, growth-hungry companies on our Fast Track list continue to astound with their triple-digit revenue growth. The top 10 on this year's list boast an average 150 percent increase in gross revenue over the past three years. And as a whole, the 95 builders listed had an average compounded annual growth rate of 45 percent. Compare this with the growth in the value of new single-family construction for last year--which grew less than 10 percent--and you get the high-growth picture.
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09-12-2002
In a record year for housing, these fast-growing builders set a dizzying pace. Our fourth annual list shows who can race with the pack.Sounds like NASCAR, but fast-growing home builders also know that the right mix of strategy, speed, and seamless teamwork can propel them to the winner's circle of profitable growth.
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12-11-2003
D.R. Horton is one of the most acquisitive builders in the industry, picking up 17 companies since 1994 from Hawaii to Florida. But three deals stand out in CEO Donald Tomnitz's mind: Continental Homes in 1998, Cambridge Properties in 1999, and Schuler Homes in 2001.
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05-11-2004
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