Here is a collection of successful projects that speak to a wide range of housing solutions that builders can undertake.
From accusations of ostentatious overconsumption to environmental indifference, the McMansion has taken some brutal hits in the recession economy.
Different perceptions among builders and their customers can blow up into defect lawsuits when communication falters.
This year's newest members have forged long and successful careers focusing on one project at a time.
2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Affordable housing community
2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Whole-house makeover or significant addition
2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Custom home, less than 3,500 square feet
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2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Single-family detached community
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2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Custom home, 3,500 to 6,000 square feet
2009 Builder's Choice, Special Focus Award, Detail
2009 Builder's Choice, Special Focus Award, Bath
2009 Builder's Choice, Special Focus Award, Outbuilding
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Senate is scheduled to vote on Senator Harry Reid’s proposal late Saturday; NAHB opposes the House version of health care reform.
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Denver ranked as 13th Healthiest Housing Market
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Vertical construction for the first phase should begin in the spring, and the builder has completed its environmental impact survey for phase two.
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Single-family permits remain flat at seasonally adjusted pace of 451,000.
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Froehlich Signature Homes diversifies into apartment construction, office condominiums, and foreclosure rehabs.
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HMI remains at a reading of 17.
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Eight housing professionals with different areas of expertise band together to serve builders increasingly reliant on outsourcing in the downturn.
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Certain annual studies have become critical to some builders' marketing efforts.
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Factory-built housing giant, which also operates in Canada and the United Kingdom, plans to sell its U.S. operations.
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AIA study finds the number of big cities with green building programs has grown by 50% in just two years.
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Forest Hill, Md.-based builder is undone by the recession and too much debt.
Arizona's Artisan Homes founder Eric Brown is taking over a restaurant in St. Maarten.
Why is no one measuring the biggest robbers of profit?
Demographics drive long-term housing demand.
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Urban Land Institute highlights workforce housing shortages in a new study and model solutions in its latest awards program.
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More than 300 suppliers nationwide already registered on BidforMaterials.com.
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Evans, who helped home builders run their businesses more efficiently and profitably, died Saturday at age 92.
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The same law extending the housing tax credit includes provisions that sweeten carrybacks from net operating losses.
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House approves extension by vote of 402-12; buyers now have until June 30, 2010 to close on a home.
When culinary zones are designed with a practical recipe and a dash of style, hanging out at home beats going out to eat.
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Consumers would rather refurbish kitchens and bathrooms than upgrade their HVAC or buy new windows.
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You've seen the top 20; now take a look at the remaining rankings in the new Builder Market Health Index Fall update of the top 100 home building markets.
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Quarterly financial results from BMHC, Weyerhaeuser, Huttig, Builders FirstSource, Owens Corning, Potlatch, Plum Creek, Rayonier, and Masco.
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Residential construction grows 3.9%; pending home sales move up 6.1%.
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Newport Beach-based builder, founded by three former William Lyon Homes execs, already has two fee-for-construction projects in the works.
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Only three cities—Charlotte, Cleveland, and Las Vegas—showed drops in home values.
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Former Drees Homes employee Anne Mitchell developed the curriculum, which highlights the math, science, and other skills required by builders, architects, and subcontractors.
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A new report finds residents optimistic about a rebound in Center City.
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Economists at semiannual NAHB conference discuss home prices, jobs, mortgage rates, and the federal tax credit.
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Index gives back July gains with a 0.3% drop at summer’s end.
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State and local governments are doing what their depleted budgets will allow to revive construction.
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Enterprise Community Partners commits $4 billion to affordable green building and releases study that quantifies ROI of sustainably built homes.
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The Utah-based builder’s reorganization plan would turn over the company’s assets and management to creditors whose claims exceed $940 million.
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The school took a more “round-about” approach to designing its Solar Decathlon 2009 house.
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Single-family starts rise 3.9% on a monthly basis.
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Scientists at MIT experiment with a chameleon-like black and white roofing material that could take green to a new level.
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Regis Homes is averaging at least one sale per week in each of its four active communities.
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The school took a more “round-about” approach to designing its Solar Decathlon 2009 house.
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Are smaller homes a permanent trend?
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Ellen Dunham-Jones urges builders, planners, and developers to look for patches of 'underperforming asphalt' to accommodate future growth in a sustainable way.
Generations of builders say the advice of the legendary business consultant, now 92 years old, has proved invaluable over the years.
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Leonard Arave says he’ll leave the builder, regardless of election's outcome, once it emerges from Chapter 11, which could be next month.
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The school’s Solar Decathlon 2009 house integrates design with technology in one seamless process.
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Details about incentives to servicers and troubled homeowners to accept short sales are expected soon.
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Company discloses inquiry in late Friday quarterly filing.
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Public builder picks up lots from now-defunct C.P. Morgan and is marketing homes in 10 neighborhoods.
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Team Boston’s Solar Decathlon 2009 house aims to prove that good design can save energy and money.
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Virginia Tech uses sliding glass walls to expand the living space of its Solar Decathlon 2009 house.
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Maryland builder says first-time tax credit was like “oxygen” to the struggling industry this year.
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Starwood Capital and other investors now control properties that include 12,000 condo units.