BRIEFS
06.03.21
Talking Housing Bubble? Start Talking Turkey ... And Talking Taper
Global house prices reached unprecedented peaks at historical 12-month rates of growth. Is there a taper-tantrum in oaur near future?
06.02.21
Price Tag For Regulation Costs On New Home Construction: $94K
A 24% slice of the new-home selling price pie goes now to "regulatory burden," the weight of land-use permitting, impact fees, cost-of-time charges, etc. in the pre-construction stages, and the added expense of start-to-completion construction cycle code and regulation.
05.28.21
Bubble Rap: It's Not What's Next That Matters Now; It's Who Can And Can't
Who's right about which prediction is exactly the focus area strategists would do well to dispel from their priority agendas right now. Instead of focusing on a bubble, redouble commitment instead to becoming listeners, learners, understanders of what customers feel, think, fear and do.
05.14.21
Two Bleak Realities And The Glow Of Their Opportunity In Housing
Housing -- especially in the 'starter' spectrum -- is a shrinking universe. Incomes -- at the low- to mid-level -- have lost pace. Now, what to do about it.
05.11.21
Hire Calling: How Builders Can Jolt Themselves Into Preferred- Career-Of-Choice
As the BLS releases JOLTS data quantifying a growing mismatch between employers and the workforce, builders stand to gain from the economic reboot.
05.05.21
What To Make Of Buyer Optimism As Producers Everywhere Battle Price Surges And Delays
Buyer prospect optimism continues to surge in the face of supply constraint. So, is it about you? Or, rather, about how to find ways to delight them?
