Small, green, efficient and resourceful projects reflect an industry on the road to recovery.
The new and improved BUILDER Market Health Index, compiled by Hanley Wood Market Intelligence, now accounts for a market's median income growth.
Virtually every market was down last year, but a close look at the numbers reveals that some markets have way outperformed others during the last four years and are likely to continue to do so this year.
The fundamentals are so poor in many of these markets that they are likely to be among the last to recover from the national housing downturn. The weakest markets for 2009 are comprised primarily of bust markets in Florida and California, along with a few rust-belt cities with economic difficulties.
You’ve seen the 15 healthiest and the 15 weakest, now see the remaining markets on our list of the top 75 local housing markets, ranked from healthiest to weakest.
This year's Local Leaders story takes a look at the top 10 builders in the top 50 metro areas across the U.S.
Early returns from our Builder 100 survey identify the top 10 builders in America last year.
Economic turmoil forces a growing number of firms into bankruptcy.
2009 Builder's Choice, Project of the Year and Grand Award, Infill project
2009 Builder's Choice, Grand Award, Affordable housing project; Green/Sustainable community
2009 Builder's Choice, Grand Award, Adaptive re-use project
Sponsored by Builder and Hearthstone, the award honors builders who have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to public service.
Enter your best stuff in this year's kitchen and bath design competition.
Builder's Choice 2009 - Urban infill sweeps design and planning awards with style and substance; Wm S. marvin Hall of Fame - Honoring the Masters of Design; Ambitious new development arises in Alabama; House plans from Schumaker focus on design first, features second; The latest and greatest products and more.
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New glazing technology has created a generation of super-efficient windows and doors.
Need a hip, attractive, durable counter? There's a top for that.
Boyce Thompson: Boyce On Building
Boyce Thompson is editorial director of the BUILDER group of magazines published by Hanley Wood. Drawing on his years of experience covering home building, architecture, and retailing, Boyce tackles diverse and far-ranging industry topics in his twice-weekly blog.
The single-family home building market appears poised for recovery soon. But it will be at least a year before any meaningful recovery occurs in the multifamily sector of the industry. That was the consensus that emerged from MFE 2009, a conference for apartment executives put on by our sister magazine MFE in Las Vegas last week.
Ted Cushman: The Ten-Penny News
Ted Cushman covers the home building industry as a freelance writer from his base in the hills of Western Massachusetts. His blog promises insightful, accurate, and practical coverage of home building techniques, building science, and housing economics.
In the biggest financial catastrophe this nation has ever experienced, the Great Depression, the Roosevelt administration's program of sweeping reforms and major interventions was called the "New Deal."
You don't need a big budget to win style points. Want proof? See the pictures.
These top-selling house plans speak volumes to current home buyer dreams.
South Carolina builder captures green buyers by spending just $1,000 more per house.
Discover small homes that live big.
The hard times that began in 2006 for the housing industry dragged on through 2008. That was especially true for those companies that...
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In celebration of BUILDER'S 30th anniversary, editor in chief Denise Dersin hosts the third installment of a five-part series chronicling the accomplishments of 30 of the most innovative entrepreneurs in the home building industry.
Builder, in conjunction with Hanley Wood Market Intelligence, debuts its metric for determining markets with the best and least potential.
Hit hardest by the downturn, these markets may be among the last to recover.