Capital
Land, Capital, And Control — A New Playbook In Homebuilding
Five Point Holdings’ acquisition of a controlling stake in Hearthstone points to the direction of homebuilding strategy: toward lighter land positions, more agile capital flows, and a far more disciplined focus on vertical construction, consumer targeting, and time-to-market velocity.
Technology
Two Nemeses Stalk 2024 Budget Planning: Here's How To Slay Them
Operators' best weapon to offset the risk of the two nemeses is running a business that's as light and agile on borrowed capital as possible, and as efficient and competent at deploying that upfront capital in the right places at the right moment.
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Capital
How Smaller Builders Say They'll Navigate Higher-For-Longer Rates
Capital lending, investment, homebuilding, and development professionals face a no-choice moment to digest and game-out impacts of a higher-for-longer interest rate regime. For smaller players, it may be a selling decision time.
Policy
Trailblazers '23: Igniting The Super Power Of 'Co' In Housing Solutions
We talk with The Kelsey co-founder and ceo Micaela Connery, who focuses on epic partnerships with a 'how-might-we?' foundation to scale disability-forward community development.
Capital
Buffett Bets On Three Of A Kind In $800 Million Public Builder Play
Here's a look at Berkshire Hathaway's first major investment foray into the public homebuilders in 25 years, and why D.R. Horton, NVR, and Lennar stood out amidst a raft of ongoing near- and mid-term challenges in the housing market.
Leadership
Homebuilding Lightning In A Bottle For A Soaring 2nd Time Start-Up
Greenwood Homes – which cut its first new communities' ribbons in very late 2020 has catapulted to just shy of $200 million in expected 2023 revenues across its three mid-Atlantic operating nodes.