In a recent analysis of several custom builders in various markets around the country, two key issues that came up repeatedly were the changes in their marketplace and the changes in their customers. Find out how builders can evaluate their business environment, including potential customers, using common market research techniques.
Personnel costs are the largest component of most custom builders' operating expenses.
In order to survive in today's market, custom builders must monitor and control their job costs. In this month's column, I will examine ways to control material and labor costs.
In most cases, money is made on a new custom home before a shovel is put in the ground.
It continues to be a wild year for the housing market in the United States.
