JD Powers Low Rank for Traton 2006

You know what role a general contractor played in getting your home built. But do you have any idea of what a modular home builder does in the process of getting a family settled in a new modular home? The differences in the two jobs ...more

Sellers Still Offering Big Incentives on Homes

And in Medford, Ore., Diane Adams, a real-estate agent, is offering to pay four months of mortgage payments on the $975000 house she and her home-builder husband constructed on 20 acres near Crater Lake. "I'd also negotiate a lower ...more

Renegade Writer Q&A: Pat Curry Tells Us About Trades

We cover home-building. (Hello? We’re the official magazine of the National Association of Home Builders.) Because I’m senior editor for sales and marketing at BUILDER, I get pitches on every conceivable sales and marketing topic (clear ...more

What happened in real estate?

Less people could afford to buy a home and therefore specs increased in time to sell and the existing market began to stall. In late 2006 the housing market went to fully down cycle. But, sadly many builders tried to build specs to keep ...more