The builder then sells it to the home buyer, often for several times the original price.
In those days builders were frequently selling homes from plans, before a shovel hit the earth.
But since then the builder has sold most of the lakefront property and is not going to build.
In 1993 the builders are selling in an environment quite different from pre-recessionary 1987.
In Concord, several small builders are selling new houses without subsidies.
The builder made his property more valuable by improving the drainage situation and sold it for profit.
The builders of the office-apartment tower, however, could not get the needed mortgage financing and sold the land.
They therefore do not reduce the total square footage that the builder can sell.
Some builders sell the model houses complete with furniture.
Such builders do not sell directly, online or in catalogs.