Del Webb rates with homeowners.(Business)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September, 2005 | by Comerford, Mike

Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer Homebuilder Buz Hoffman isn't thrilled by the latest home satisfaction survey - he believes his Lakewood Homes should top the list as it has the last four straight years. But he notes his Hoffman Estates-based firm is among the area's elite in homeowner satisfaction, as measured by J.D.

Power and Associates. "Lakewood, Pulte and Del Webb," he said Wednesday, "it's always the same three companies at the top of the list. The pattern has been forming for years." The 2005 study released Wednesday showed Del Webb shooting to the top of the list, ahead of parent firm Pulte, and Lakewood narrowly in third place on a list of 21 area builders. Lakewood improved its satisfaction rating this year but Del Webb...