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Cost of Doing Business Study, 2010 Edition

by: NAHB Business Management & Information Technology

Publisher: NAHB BuilderBooks.com®

Pages: 123

Format: Soft-cover

Pub. Date: 2010

PLU#: 00273

ISBN#: 978-0-867186581

About This Book:

Learn how your colleagues and competitors fared in 2008 with the detailed analysis provided in this long-standing study. Home builders get a rare glimpse at profitability, cost of sales, and expenses from hundreds of home builders across the country.

This unique resource discusses financial performance according to builder type and size, as well as industry-wide averages using the following key indicators:

• * Gross margin
• * Net profit
• * Cost of sales
• * Operating expenses
• * Financial ratios

The book also includes more than 25 proven cost-cutting, profit-raising ideas you can apply to your business now, whether you build two homes a year or 2,000.

Several categories, including volume, operation type, and land vs no land costs, are analyzed to help builders fine-tune comparisons between study results and their companies.