"Build Opportunity vs. Stand and Fight

Posted May 21, 2013 12:40 PM by Peter Simpson, retired GVHBA President and CEO    

It’s a sad reflection on social fabric when attendance at the 2013 International Builders’ Show (IBS), the largest annual residential construction trade event held in the U.S., barely crept past the 50,000 mark, yet attendance at the recent National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention topped 86,000, shattering the previous record. 
 

Benefits of Internet Marketing

Posted May 10, 2013 09:21 AM by Wren Long, Results Professional Marketing    

Marketing has taken some new turns in the last few years, and most of them lead to the internet.

Is Housing Affordability Achievable?

Posted April 8, 2013 12:04 PM by Mark Sakai, Director of Government Relations    

Set Yourself Up For Success

Posted March 25, 2013 06:00 AM by Erynn Johnson, Director of Operations & Development, Marcraft Homes     1 comments

One of my favorite aspects of the homebuilding industry and my topic of choice whenever schmoozing at a GVHBA event is always the way a company markets their product.

Home-buying ambitions alive and well in North America

Posted October 22, 2012 10:19 AM by Peter E. Simpson, President & CEO, GVHBA    

From the first time some fur-gonched guy with a protruding forehead and a playoff beard stumbled through the entrance to a cave, humankind has embraced home ownership – with or without the optional campfire (all the rage with homemakers back then).