
Land
It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different
Prices for it are high; multiple bidders for it strive to control it and build on it; borrowing costs to finance it are high, time-value-of-money costs for entitlement, permitting, etc. are running longer and longer, and ... "they're not making it anymore" has become "they're making less."
Technology
How A.I. And Data Transform A Messy Real World Of Building
Enter A.I., a doorway into construction building life-cycle reality with the potential to improve real-life outcomes before and after a project's inevitable "unpredictable" happens.
Technology
New Build Smarter, Focus On Excellence Program Plans Announced
Higher-for-longer is an indefinite new normal reality in homebuilding. This is the backdrop of our collaborative effort with Constellation HomeBuilder Systems and our co-located Build Smarter and Focus On Excellence events.
Together with
Constellation HomeBuilder Systems
Marketing & Sales
Making The Case For 1st Time Buyers To Choose A New Home
Will a 'Year of Resolution' – particularly among young adult first-time buyers – continue to drive and define the dynamics of the 2024 selling season? Here's how that might work.
Together with
New Home Star
Leadership
Late-Spring Selling Softens: Speed-Bump Or Inflection Point?
The depth, geographic pervasiveness, and readiness among "haves" to become new-home buyers have created a Goldilocks era for homebuilders in 2023 and, so far, through mid-2024.