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Professional Builder (1993) archives from June 2007
Who's Right?(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)
June 1, 2007... Bill Lurz, Senior Editor, Business
If you are an astute reader who dove into the features before visiting this column, you may have already spotted the divergent views on the current condition of U.S. housing markets in our coverage of the...
A Steady Hand.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)(Larry Webb, Housing Giant)(Interview)
June 1, 2007... By Paul Deffenbaugh, Editorial Director
Calm and consistent guidance during a down market earns Larry Webb Housing Giant's CEO of the Year Award.
Put yourself in Larry Webb's shoes. You're the CEO of the country's second largest...
2006: a Reflection.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)(Industry overview)
June 1, 2007... By Bill Lurz, Senior Editor
After three years of freewheeling growth, 2006 brought America's Top 25 builders face to face with a new housing market that's likely to impose more restrained goals.
The perception we have of 2006 as a bad...
Capital Funds on the Rise.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)
June 1, 2007... By Jody Kahn Kline, Michael P. Kahn and Associates
Managers behind new trend worry industry experts.
Questions abound in regard to resuming home builder merger/acquisition activity. When, what markets and who will lead the next wave of...
Create Move-Up Magic.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)(increasing homeownership rates compel builders to look for home-owners)
June 1, 2007... By John Burns, John Burns Real Estate Consulting
Frustrated by tapped-out entry-level buyers, builders try their hand with existing homeowners.
A good rule of thumb during a housing downturn, when you have more entry-level home buyers...
Moves.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)(KB Home sells subsidy in France)(Meritage Homes Corp. appoints Leisel Cooper)(Todd J. Palmaer, Scott D. Stowell and Craig K. Campbell promoted at Standard Pacific Corp.)
June 1, 2007... Staff
Texas giant Steve Wall is at it again. Steve launched his Arlington, Texas-based Wall Homes in 2005, intending to carve a niche in move-up markets of Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio all at once. Now Wall has...
Process Mapping.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)
June 1, 2007... By Michael Dickens, CEO of BuildIQ
Use this technique to improve how you run your business.
If you're looking to reduce operational waste and raise your business' performance, give process mapping a try.
Process mapping is a smart...
Sales Sense.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)
June 1, 2007... By Rick Heaston, R.A. Heaston and Co.
Improve your sales with your senses.
Remember "Carnac the Magnificent," Johnny Carson's fortune-telling alter ego? Carson wasn't the only one; I can predict the future, too. Just follow along and...
Indices Recover Ground.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)
June 1, 2007... Margot Crabtree, Trade Trends
Merger and acquisition activities and a surge in home sales lifted Wall Street for our session ending May 31. The Dow industrials continued their climb higher, and the slow-stepping S&P 500 Index hit its first...