Table of Contents June 2008

Editor's Notes

• End in Sight?

  Agile investors may make a killing this year, but builders will be pushed to the edge.

   

Inside Story

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  Point of Entry

  A vote on affordable housing quotas could determine Lennar’s future involvement in a huge shipyard redevelopment.

   

Success Stories

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  History Next Door

  Coastal Chesapeake cottages connect with Main Street.

   

Top Shelf

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  Top Shelf: June 2008

  The latest and greatest building products.

   

Green House

• What (Green) Buyers Want

  A new report definitively defines the green interests and investments of prospective home buyers.

   
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  Points of Exclusion

  A few green building programs reward builders for avoiding certain materials and products in an effort to consider costs and local culture.

   
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  Lofty Goals

  Florence Lofts marries the sustainability and efficiency of live/work ­housing with multiple green building products and practices.

   

Business Update

• Touchstone Scores

  Process and operational improvements are key to success.

   
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  Sinking Ships

  Stuck between a rock and a hard place, many builders are facing dire fiscal circumstances.

   

Seiders' Economy

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  Seiders: Cinching In

  Credit conditions have tightened for home buyers and builders.

   

Features

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  Second Life

  Old buildings are reincarnated as hot properties through adaptive reuse.

   

National Beat

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  Stand a Little Greener

  Builders are paving new roads into green construction with help from the NAHB.

   

• Get Noticed

  The EnergyValue Housing Award can get your company the recognition it deserves.

   

Last Word

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  Last Word: Sheryl Palmer

  "Understanding local divisions’ supply and demand is key."

   

Other Articles

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  Local Leaders: Luck of the Draw

  Some builders didn't let a down market impede their growth last year. But gaining market share meant selling a smaller product.

   
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  Picture Yourself Here

  Model homes designed for fictitious buyers translate into real-world sales.