Cardel Homes survived Calgary's dollar-house recession by learning when to specialize, when to spread out and when to own more of the customer journey. Its 50-year playbook is useful far beyond homebuilding.
For 65 years the Hovnanian family has been putting keys in first-time buyers' hands and building 55-and-up communities where the lawn mows itself. Here is how a New Jersey homebuilder turned patience into a business model.