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 John McManus is editorial director for AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE, APARTMENT FINANCE TODAY, BIG BUILDER, DEVELOPER, and MULIFAMILY EXECUTIVE brands at Hanley Wood Business Media. He has served as editor-in-chief of BIG BUILDER since November 2004. McManus came to Hanley Wood from Primedia Business’ American Demographics magazine, where he was editor in chief since 1998, and was editorial director for Primedia Inc.’s Media Central division from 2002 through the spring of 2004. McManus has edited and reported for magazines and newspapers since 1978.
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Most recent entry:
Did Home Builders Trade Off Better Land Pricing to Juice Cash Generation?
Cliches do their work and get tired for good reasons. They're often annoyingly obvious and aggravatingly true. "Be careful what you wish for," for instance. Way back when--in December and January--as we were tallying up Net Operating Loss tax refunds home builders recouped after the extension from 24 months to 60 months backward, the clawback number quickly climbed well north of $2 billion without so much as breaking a sweat....
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 Sarah Yaussi is the executive editor of BIG BUILDER. Prior to joining BIG BUILDER in 2005, she worked at a variety of news organizations, including BBC News and The [Syracuse] Post-Standard.
Sarah Yaussi's latest blogs
Most recent entry:
On the Danger of Doing Away with Housing-Related Tax Deductions
I have to be totally up front and say that I am very passionate about these issues because, well, to put it simply, I'm directly affected. I am a homeowner and, therefore, pay interest on my mortgage and property taxes and consequently benefit from the current tax law, which allows me to deduct these costs. And in my case, I feel it's a significant benefit to my household economy. These deductions allow me to access a tax refund, which I then pretty much sink right back into my house--and yes, I have a fixer upper. ...
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 Lisa Brown, managing editor of BIG BUILDER, has been writing about home building and design since 2006. She is also a contributing writer for Las Vegas Home + Design and CityCenter magazines.
Lisa Brown's latest blogs
Most recent entry:
Homeward Bound
That's right, dear readers, this displaced Californian is heading back to the Golden State. As such, I regret to inform you that this will be my last official Big Builder blog post. That's the bad news. The good news: John McManus, Sarah Yaussi, and I decided it would be a great idea if I punctuated my roadtrip with visits to various home builders and documented my progress along the way. I'll be snapping photos, shooting some video, and talking with several industry members to get a new perspective on the housing downturn. Be sure to keep an eye on Big Builder's Twitter updates for the full story as it unfolds, or you can follow me directly. The adventure kicks off a week from today on Thursday, Feb. 26. Wish me luck!...
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 Bill Gloede, senior editor/online for BIG BUILDER, has been writing about the digital home and building technology for BIG BUILDER for the past two years. He is the former editor-in-chief of The Connected Guide to the Digital Home as well as chief editor of several other magazines, including Mediaweek, Editor & Publisher and Cable World. He also has written for numerous other consumer and business magazines and newspapers.
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Most recent entry:
A Quarter Through the Quarterly Reports...
A fourth of the way into the summer home-builder earnings season, it has become apparent that a) new-home sales dropped precipitously after the homebuyer tax credit expired at the end of April and b) there is as yet no sign that sales are picking up. ...
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 Jamie M. Pirrello, a contributing editor for BIG BUILDER, is the chief executive officer of Vision Homes USA, a Fort Myers, Fla.-based home builder and the chief financial Officer of Michael Sivage Homes, and Communities headquartered in Albuquerque, N.M. He has more than 25 years of experience in the home building industry. His experience includes positions as chief financial officer of both public and private home builders with an emphasis on capital formation and mergers and acquisitions. He holds MBAs from both Columbia University and the University of California-Berkeley.
Jamie Pirrello's latest blogs
Most recent entry:
Home Building’s Top Line: Can Customer Service Drive Growth?
"Customer service is a growth engine for a company in a world where marketing dollars and credit is constrained." So said Jim Bush, head of worldwide customer service for American Express, in a June 7 Wall Street Journal article, "Customer Service as a Growth Engine." "Executives are paying more attention to customer service in an effort to increase sales and gain market share in the economic recovery," the article stated....
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 Lynn Norusis, senior editor for Big Builder, joined the magazine in October 2008. Prior to signing on with the company she was Business Editor and Homes Editor at a newspaper in Northern Virginia. Lynn Norusis's latest blogs
Most recent entry:
On a land light note ...
In the weekly Big Builder meeting earlier this week, other editors and I were, not surprisingly, discussing the future of builders from all aspects--product, business model, land, cash positions, and so on. Then today I came across and article via Google Alerts notifying me of a way builders could take land out of the equation--build it on water!...
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