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.

Is This Time Different? Builders' Playbooks Look For The Same Gains, With Different Plays

Leadership

Is This Time Different? Builders' Playbooks Look For The Same Gains, With Different Plays

Builders downturn strategies typically call for narrowing the pricing gap that gives existing home sellers an edge when demand is low. It's the same now, only different.

Camillo Weds Its Brand Family With A Newly-Spoken Vow: Opening Doors

Marketing & Sales

Camillo Weds Its Brand Family With A Newly-Spoken Vow: Opening Doors

An inside and up-close look at the branding and future-focus of one of America's biggest builders you may never have heard of ... until now.

Together with

FTS

Ways Out of Housing's 'Vicious Circle' Crisis: #2 Women On Job Sites

Leadership

Ways Out of Housing's 'Vicious Circle' Crisis: #2 Women On Job Sites

The opposite of nimbleness, agility, and resilience – the alternative to construction and real estate's capacity to adapt to a changing business, economic, environmental, and consumer demand climate – is fragility.

4 Generations And 95 Years In, Drees Homes Builds Its Future

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4 Generations And 95 Years In, Drees Homes Builds Its Future

An exclusive one-to-one conversation with Drees Homes president and CEO David Drees. We talk of who the company is as a 95-year-old homebuilder, and who and what it wants to be as it continues to evolve and excel.

Demand Without Wherewithal Is Either Pent-Up Or Priced Out

Marketing & Sales

Demand Without Wherewithal Is Either Pent-Up Or Priced Out

The tale of the housing demand tape is invariably a function of a household's payment power proximity versus a gap whose quantifiable size is as a down payment plus monthly payment baselines.

Is This Time Different? Builders' Playbooks Look For The Same Gains, With Different Plays

Leadership

Is This Time Different? Builders' Playbooks Look For The Same Gains, With Different Plays

Builders downturn strategies typically call for narrowing the pricing gap that gives existing home sellers an edge when demand is low. It's the same now, only different.

Camillo Weds Its Brand Family With A Newly-Spoken Vow: Opening Doors

Marketing & Sales

Camillo Weds Its Brand Family With A Newly-Spoken Vow: Opening Doors

An inside and up-close look at the branding and future-focus of one of America's biggest builders you may never have heard of ... until now.

Together with

FTS

Ways Out of Housing's 'Vicious Circle' Crisis: #2 Women On Job Sites

Leadership

Ways Out of Housing's 'Vicious Circle' Crisis: #2 Women On Job Sites

The opposite of nimbleness, agility, and resilience – the alternative to construction and real estate's capacity to adapt to a changing business, economic, environmental, and consumer demand climate – is fragility.

4 Generations And 95 Years In, Drees Homes Builds Its Future

Leadership

4 Generations And 95 Years In, Drees Homes Builds Its Future

An exclusive one-to-one conversation with Drees Homes president and CEO David Drees. We talk of who the company is as a 95-year-old homebuilder, and who and what it wants to be as it continues to evolve and excel.

Demand Without Wherewithal Is Either Pent-Up Or Priced Out

Marketing & Sales

Demand Without Wherewithal Is Either Pent-Up Or Priced Out

The tale of the housing demand tape is invariably a function of a household's payment power proximity versus a gap whose quantifiable size is as a down payment plus monthly payment baselines.