John McManus

John McManus

President and Founder

John McManus, founder and president of The Builder’s Daily, is an award-winning editorial, programming, and digital content strategist. TBD's purpose is a community capable of constant improvement.

A S.W.O.T. For Homebuilding In 2023 Might Look Like This

Leadership

A S.W.O.T. For Homebuilding In 2023 Might Look Like This

Real demand and its plain as day causes has reset a 2023 talk-track from a playing-on-defense to one that's -- cautiously -- driving toward more rapid growth on offense, with more production and more investment to feed the machine of future growth.

A Tilted Playing Field Favoring New-Home Sales Spurs Rosier Outlook

Leadership

A Tilted Playing Field Favoring New-Home Sales Spurs Rosier Outlook

Why is homebuilder confidence bouncing back with such conviction when the backdrop of economic, household, spending, and employment near-future-outlooks contains so many wildcards? It's complicated.

Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

Land

Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

The paradoxical riddle – undersupply and overbuilding – has moving-target market-rate for-sale new-construction demand disruptors many market appraisers neglect as well.

Housing's Tech-Powered Affordability Solution Hidden In Plain Sight

Capital

Housing's Tech-Powered Affordability Solution Hidden In Plain Sight

Scores of new pioneering companies with talented and energized founders have started-up in the past dozen or so years in the home building technology space. They promise to fill a void -- at housing affordability's nexus of apples and oranges. One already does that: Clayton.

KB Home Posts Its 16th Sustainability Report, A Standard Setter

Leadership

KB Home Posts Its 16th Sustainability Report, A Standard Setter

"First" weaves as a recurrent constant through the company's historical timeline, and it's no doubt that many if not all of KB Home's 2,300-plus team members awaken each day and show up for their day's work with a need to push in the direction of that "first" principle.

A S.W.O.T. For Homebuilding In 2023 Might Look Like This

Leadership

A S.W.O.T. For Homebuilding In 2023 Might Look Like This

Real demand and its plain as day causes has reset a 2023 talk-track from a playing-on-defense to one that's -- cautiously -- driving toward more rapid growth on offense, with more production and more investment to feed the machine of future growth.

A Tilted Playing Field Favoring New-Home Sales Spurs Rosier Outlook

Leadership

A Tilted Playing Field Favoring New-Home Sales Spurs Rosier Outlook

Why is homebuilder confidence bouncing back with such conviction when the backdrop of economic, household, spending, and employment near-future-outlooks contains so many wildcards? It's complicated.

Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

Land

Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

The paradoxical riddle – undersupply and overbuilding – has moving-target market-rate for-sale new-construction demand disruptors many market appraisers neglect as well.

Housing's Tech-Powered Affordability Solution Hidden In Plain Sight

Capital

Housing's Tech-Powered Affordability Solution Hidden In Plain Sight

Scores of new pioneering companies with talented and energized founders have started-up in the past dozen or so years in the home building technology space. They promise to fill a void -- at housing affordability's nexus of apples and oranges. One already does that: Clayton.

KB Home Posts Its 16th Sustainability Report, A Standard Setter

Leadership

KB Home Posts Its 16th Sustainability Report, A Standard Setter

"First" weaves as a recurrent constant through the company's historical timeline, and it's no doubt that many if not all of KB Home's 2,300-plus team members awaken each day and show up for their day's work with a need to push in the direction of that "first" principle.