The American Home Builder and the Housing Industry

This book provides both background and practical information on how to enter the home-building industry. The author has been a builder for nearly 30 years and currently runs his own company, which builds custom homes and subdivisions. The book starts with an informative chapter on the history of housing in the United States and then goes on to practical topics such as law, accounting, financing, engineering, sales, and marketing. Part 3 covers career information on how to become a home builder, including information on education. The appendixes include sample contracts, a policy manual, and a sample financial feasibility analysis for a project. Readers will gain a good working knowledge of what skills are needed to enter this competitive and increasingly complicated industry. Recommended for public libraries.
Judith M. Nixon, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Ind.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.