KB Home, Inc., Los Angeles (NYSE:KBH), on Thursday announced the consolidation of its two accounting and administrative services centers into one centralized office. The services currently performed by its regional accounting center based in Denver, Colorado will be transitioned over to its Phoenix, Arizona center during the next three to four months, the company said. The move will not affect home building operations in the Denver area. More
New ProSales magazine poll also finds frustration by dealers at getting builders to pay what's due. More
Arguably the industry's most important process innovation of the past two decades has been the insertion of "customization" (or, in current builder parlance, "personalization") into the production building environment. But it also has raised the stakes for builders, creating inherent difficulties in dealing with the expectations of buyers. More