Recently added articles from Builder:
Keep 'em happy: it will take some tough measures to prevent cancellations.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2006; ... "WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPROVE MY CANCELlation rate?" That was a question asked at the end of a presentation I gave to a group of 150 battle-ready builders in Phoenix this summer. Sales of new homes there are off 33 percent through May "For Sale" signs have sprouted up like weeds in ...
America's immigrant workforce.(B MAIL)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2006; ... IN THE JULY EDITION OF BUILDER MAGazine I read with great interest your lead editorial ("Tough Choices," page 21) and multipart special report ("Into the Limelight," page 88) on illegals working in our construction industry. I must respond because I have a beef with both you and the ...
Callback.(B MAIL)(Correction notice)
Sep 01, 2006 ... IN THE LOCAL LEADERS CHART FOR the Myrtle Beach/Conway/North Myrtle Beach, S.C., metro area (June, page 146), the number of closings listed ...
Calendar.(BOOK IT)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2006 ... SEPTEMBER 12-15 JLC Live Midwest, Minneapolis Presented by the JOURNAL or LIGHT CONSTRUCTION, TOOLS OF THE TRADE, and REMODELING magazines, JLC Live provides the perfect showcase for this high-growth residential construction market fueled by strong ...
Impact fee relief: two important impact fee decisions give builders more ammo to fight similar cases nationwide.(LEGAL TRENDS)
Sep 01, 2006; ... HOME BUILDERS ARE MAKING SOME HEADWAY in their long fight to prove that impact fees are nothing more than illegal taxes as two recent decisions--one in Mississippi, the other in North Carolina--ruled in favor of the builders. The courts ruled in both cases that the local ...