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.

2024's Top 10 Trends In New Homebuilding: No. 1 Share Wars

Leadership

2024's Top 10 Trends In New Homebuilding: No. 1 Share Wars

Here's food for thought from a fresh analysis of market share – both for new vs. existing, and for large, deep-pocketed nationals vs. local and regional privately-capitalized operators. Where's all this leading?

Here's What's At The Root Of A Resilient Plan Post NAR Verdict

Marketing & Sales

Here's What's At The Root Of A Resilient Plan Post NAR Verdict

While either direct or knock-on effects of the ruling against the NAR remain in the more-questions-than-answers mode, three root-cause matters make up the opportunity-risk axis for homebuilders and their customers.

Together with

New Home Star

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Land

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Mix shift or not, land and residential building lots are not only the homebuilding and development's precious resource "they're not making any more of," but also the very one 30,000 U.S. localities happen to make a common practice of making less of.

Margin Pressure Mounts In A Higher-For-Longer Marathon

Capital

Margin Pressure Mounts In A Higher-For-Longer Marathon

The squeeze on private homebuilders' margins comes from three key sources: High mortgage rates eroding demand, leading to greater price concessions; tighter credit access, leading to higher borrowing costs; and land price inflation due to lot supply constraints.

Built To Last: How Family Names Endure Homebuilding's Cycles

Leadership

Built To Last: How Family Names Endure Homebuilding's Cycles

In the story Atlanta Metro-area homebuilding, home sales, and residential development icon David Chatham tells of his three-generation family enterprise, one can pick up the thread of the history of homebuilding's culture of character, capability, and resiliency.

2024's Top 10 Trends In New Homebuilding: No. 1 Share Wars

Leadership

2024's Top 10 Trends In New Homebuilding: No. 1 Share Wars

Here's food for thought from a fresh analysis of market share – both for new vs. existing, and for large, deep-pocketed nationals vs. local and regional privately-capitalized operators. Where's all this leading?

Here's What's At The Root Of A Resilient Plan Post NAR Verdict

Marketing & Sales

Here's What's At The Root Of A Resilient Plan Post NAR Verdict

While either direct or knock-on effects of the ruling against the NAR remain in the more-questions-than-answers mode, three root-cause matters make up the opportunity-risk axis for homebuilders and their customers.

Together with

New Home Star

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Land

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Mix shift or not, land and residential building lots are not only the homebuilding and development's precious resource "they're not making any more of," but also the very one 30,000 U.S. localities happen to make a common practice of making less of.

Margin Pressure Mounts In A Higher-For-Longer Marathon

Capital

Margin Pressure Mounts In A Higher-For-Longer Marathon

The squeeze on private homebuilders' margins comes from three key sources: High mortgage rates eroding demand, leading to greater price concessions; tighter credit access, leading to higher borrowing costs; and land price inflation due to lot supply constraints.

Built To Last: How Family Names Endure Homebuilding's Cycles

Leadership

Built To Last: How Family Names Endure Homebuilding's Cycles

In the story Atlanta Metro-area homebuilding, home sales, and residential development icon David Chatham tells of his three-generation family enterprise, one can pick up the thread of the history of homebuilding's culture of character, capability, and resiliency.