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The Greener Good

A radical shift toward sustainable practices may be the housing industry’s saving grace.

Latest News

Davis Homes Calls it Quits

Indianapolis-based Davis Homes officially ceased operations, marking the end of a more than 50-year-old family home building business.
Ryland Stock Dives on Earnings Miss

Stock dropped more than 21 percent in trading Thursday after the company reported a $241.6 million quarterly loss.
As Phoenix Struggles to Recover, Investors Pounce on Land

Nathan: Big builders allocating dollars to metro, despite excess inventory.

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In the July 2008 Issue

Green Pieces

A sustainable house is the sum of its many, many parts.
Marketing the Message

Builders who have made a commitment to sustainability say that their marketing efforts focus more on education than persuasion.
Green and Affordable

Seattle’s Croft Place Townhomes effectively incorporate a high green standard into low-income rental housing.
To Go Green, or Not To Go Green

Home builders will be building green, ready or not.

News Packages

Industry In Crisis

Builders brace for a difficult battle against growing inventories, dropping prices, tightening credit, and vanishing buyers.
Where Housing and Gas Prices Intersect

Plummeting home values and skyrocketing gas prices are putting two major American values—homeownership and driving—on a collision course.
Natural Disasters

BUILDER tells you how you can improve your homes’ chances of surviving the next big storm.

Builder 100

Our definitive annual report on the nation's largest home builders.

Builder Prediction Center

Predict and discuss the future of the home building industry.

Daily Housing Feed

Up to the minute stories from around the web for and about the housing industry.

Boyce on Building

Green Galore

Boyce Thompson, Editorial Director of Builder magazine

As everyone in industry knows, green building involves much more than the home. It starts with land planning and involves the reduction of jobsite waste. It requires value engineering of building products and systems.

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2009 America's Best Builders Call For Entries

A panel of industry experts—your peers—selects outstanding builders for overall achievement in housing.

The 2007 Builder 100

Builder 100: Painful Year

Though many small builders closed their doors with little fanfare in 2007, public builders were in the national news on a weekly basis for...
Builder 100 Over The Years

At 30, BUILDER looks back at America’s largest builders and how they got to where they are today.
The 2007 Builder 100 Listing

The interactive Builder 100 & Next 100 lists.
The Builder 100: A Deep Dive

A revealing look into the Builder 100 results, including an analysis of historical trends.

2008 PCBC Coverage

New Products: PCBC Day 3

Discover the latest new products featured at this week's Pacific Coast Builders Show in San Francisco.
PCBC News: CBIA Predicts Fewer Homes Will Be Built in California in '08

Level of housing activity in Golden State could be lowest since World War II.
PCBC Panel Provides Uplifting Message

Pulte and Shea chief executives agree better times are ahead.
Moving Beyond the Environmental Message

Panelists at PCBC tell pros to educate their clients about the personal benefits of going green.

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America's Best Builder award winner Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson, president and CEO of London Bay Homes, had an up year in Naples, Fla., one of the poorest performance markets in the U.S. Watch this episode to find out how.

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