Blogs

Project Financing Blog

The media has been talking about how the Fed has to be careful not to let inflation get "out of control" in the coming months and years. In...

The Sweet Spot

Big move by NARI last week: the trade association has hired a lobbyist to represent remodelers' interests in Washington, D.C. This is...

Project Financing Blog

Private Financing: 'It’s the New Normal'

The entire market of private debt and equity financing is playing a much larger role in the development and homebuilding space than ever...

Customer Satisfaction

I Hear and I Forget

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” — Confucius It is that time of year. Customer satisfaction and...

Great Solutions for Builders

Since 1993, Professional Builder and the NAHB Research Center have teamed to sponsor the National Housing Quality Awards — the highest...

The Lean Builder

Down Under II

I just finished a day in Australia, working with suppliers and trades in one-hour Lean meetings. Guess what? If not for the accent, local...

The Lean Builder

Wonder Down Under

For more than 20 years, I have traveled the U.S. and Canada almost weekly. One-hundred nights or more in hotel rooms is not so much fun, but...

Project Financing Blog

4 Observations on the Housing Market

The PCBC show held its first Capital Markets Forum in June. The program was well attended and many of the industry’s top financial experts...

Green Building Blog

Does Energy Efficiency Jeopardize IAQ?

In the race to reduce energy use and carbon in the residential housing arena, I’m concerned that we’re playing down the...

Customer Satisfaction

How To Out-Behave the Competition

Want an excellent book to read? Try Dov Seidman’s “How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything... in Business (and in Life).” This book...

Great Solutions for Builders

What to do when banks come calling

The scenario is all too familiar to builders that have lived through multiple economic recessions: The moment the housing market dives,...

The Sweet Spot

Big move by NARI last week: the trade association has hired a lobbyist to represent remodelers' interests in Washington, D.C. This is...

The Lean Builder

First, Do No Harm

Hoping for something provocative to read on a long trip, I picked up a book of short essays by Kurt Vonnegut. I have always felt an...

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LOVE as a Differentiator

Transformative experiences are for those who are on a quest right? Climbing Everest or sitting in a Buddhist monastery or, I don’t...

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WELCOME TO IMPROVING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE !

THE MARKETSurely the most important issue facing everyone in the homebuilding industry, indeed every industry today is improving performance...

What Impact Does Immigration Have on Housing?