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Well known for its “little old lady” and the tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, Calif., is less renowned for its nevertheless stunning array of Arts and Crafts architecture and classic bungalows. Around the turn of the 20th century, many of the rich and famous from the East and the Midwest...
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NO BUILDER OR DEVELOPER needs to be reminded that plan approval and land entitlement get longer, thornier, and more expensive every day.
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IMAGINE HOW MUCH easier it would be for a parent with a toddler and an infant to get from the garage or driveway into their new house without having to navigate even one step up to the door, or to haul a load of laundry or groceries, with one kid in tow and another one on hip, through slightly...
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IT'S EASY TO COME UP WITH A LIKELY story behind this stately home in Richmond Hill, Ga. The mature oaks, aged brick, graceful white columns, and plantation location bring to mind images straight out of Gone With the Wind. Surely, this must be some antebellum mansion that's been passed down from one...
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FOR YEARS, NOBODY PAID MUCH attention to the aging Sears store that anchored a hill in Tenleytown, a Northwest Washington neighborhood just south of the Maryland-District line. When the concrete, curvilinear, Deco-inspired store opened in 1941 it made quite a splash, especially the two ramps that...
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NOW FOR WHAT MAY BE the toughest part of your fight in a downward market: Knocking out other small builders on your home turf.
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REMEMBER THE STORY of David and Goliath? Based on all the standard external measurements—size, track record, market position, etc.—Goliath should have cleaned David's clock.
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FUNNY HOW SECOND-hand doesn't seem so bad when times get tight.
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THE MARK OF A TRUE contender is how he or she performs under duress.
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WHY IT WORKED: Buyers love the parklike setting, the distinctive architecture, and the fact that this 26-acre neighborhood is just four miles from downtown Atlanta.
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WHY IT WORKED: Great floor plans in a planned community with wonderful mountain and valley views.
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WHY IT WORKED: The combination of lush, semirural surroundings and lavishly appointed homes is hard to beat. Calabria is especially popular with move-up and move-down empty-nesters.
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IN 2005, THE NAHB PUBLISHED the Model Green Home Building Guidelines to move green building further into the mainstream and to provide a practical baseline for resource-efficient, cost-effective home building.
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THE U.S. ECONOMY IS IN THE MIDST OF A major transition, and the housing sector is key to the outcome.
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AS PRESIDENT OF THE NAHB, I AM ALWAYS pleased to let members know about the products and professional services that we provide. Our mission is to serve the home building industry, and the career center and conferences mentioned below are proof positive that we are fulfilling that mission.
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- Today's newly built homes are substantially larger and packed with more amenities than 30 years ago, according to annual data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Recent NAHB study provides in-depth analysis of the nationwide use of the mortgage interest and real estate deductions.
- The...
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AS THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF TECHNOLOGY consultants in the industry, BuildLinks, maker of the Web-based BuildLinks project management software, has created a Professional Services Group to help builders more effectively deploy BuildLinks and manage their operations. Here are five services the...
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BEHOMEWISE, BEST KNOWN FOR ITS LEAD-GENERATION software that helps builders qualify and rate Internet sales leads, hired Dorrie Ehlers earlier this year to work with builders to develop online sales departments and train online sales counselors (OSCs).
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- Sage Software and Innovaya release a new product to lets builders run an estimate from a 3-D AutoCAD file.
- BellSouth and The Weather Channel now offer a new service that provides alerts and warnings of severe weather.
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MOVE-UP BUILDERS LOOKING TO ADD profits to their projects may find that the new IntelliControl Integrated Control Solutions (ICS) system from Niles Audio is the differentiator they've been waiting for.