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Hedged In
Dominion's turnaround is further threatened as its distressed debt attracts hedge funds.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (December 01, 2006)

The Gathering Storm
Choose or lose: Either make the correction yourselves or suffer longer and harder as a result.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (November 01, 2006)

From Making Bank to Bankruptcy
New Jersey-based Kara Homes overextends itself on land and files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (November 01, 2006)

Dirt Dilemma
When does the demand for transparency cross the line and become prying into a home building company's secret formula for success?
BIG BUILDER Magazine (October 15, 2006)

At The Crossroads
Steve Hilton transforms Meritage's culture around knowing when to seize control and when to cede it.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (October 01, 2006)

Moody's Altering
New debt classifications grade public company risk versus specific obligations and loans.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (October 01, 2006)

Rebate King: Standard Pacific
BIG BUILDER Magazine (September 01, 2006)

Obeying the Laws of Gravity
Key metrics add up to a single conclusion: It's going to get worse before it gets better.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (September 01, 2006)

Sign Of The Times
As pricing power vaporizes, $1 trillion in exotic loans will pop into higher monthly payments in 2007. Ready for another double-whammy of existing home supply and diminished new-home demand?
BIG BUILDER Magazine (September 01, 2006)

Cheap Thrills
Scenarios for buyouts look likely from the outside, but not among key management players.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (August 01, 2006)

Bear Season Opens
Analyst lowers the bar of performance for 14 public builders, citing worse than expected market drivers.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (July 01, 2006)

Hedge Clippers
As hedge fund equity positions reach critical-mass levels at some of the largest public builders, long-term growth strategies come under quick-buck scrutiny and pressure.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (July 01, 2006)

Public Discipline
The recent about face in demand calls for fast action among builders regarding their free cash and land plays.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (June 01, 2006)

Show Me The Money
Generation X applies a mixed bag of financial tricks to home buying.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (June 01, 2006)

Fannie Mae Settles Charges
Mortgage giant agrees to pay fine and cap portfolio.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (June 01, 2006)

Numbers Talk
BIG BUILDER Magazine (June 01, 2006)

Spec Hurts
For builders large and small, completed, unsold new homes are clearly the industry's four-letter word.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (May 15, 2006)

Risk Manager: Centerpoint
BIG BUILDER Magazine (May 01, 2006)

Peer Review
Some joint venture; some don't. More will, so it will help to compare home building metrics apples-to-apples because not all dollars are created equal.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (May 01, 2006)

The Quick and the Dead
As markets cool, consider taking the lead on slowing production, using incentives to manage inventory, and shifting capital out of where it's weakening.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (May 01, 2006)

Less is More
BIG BUILDER Magazine (May 01, 2006)

History May Repeat
Recent British home building stock trends provide tips on good behavior as U.S. markets skid in for a soft landing.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (April 15, 2006)

Fed Shuffles Deck
New faces on the board provide little insight into the future path of interest rates.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (April 15, 2006)

Partners for Prevention
Chase Home Finance offers California builders loan incentives to use No-Burn products for fire and mold prevention.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (April 01, 2006)

Mortgage Machinations
Dominion Homes develops new mortgage entity with Wells Fargo.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (April 01, 2006)

What Are Your Options?
Moody's gets serious about home builders' disclosure of off-balance-sheet obligations
BIG BUILDER Magazine (April 01, 2006)

A Turning of the Tide?
Jim Walter Homes may be on the path to recovery despite grim financial results.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (March 15, 2006)

Goodwill Games
Tactics to maximize firm value and preclude attacks during due diligence.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (June 01, 2005)

BIG BUILDER BRIEFS
BIG BUILDER Magazine (June 01, 2005)

Capital Games
Dividend payments signal a period of rewarding shareholders to keep them on board.
BIG BUILDER Magazine (May 01, 2005)