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.
Land
Trumark Lands In Colorado's Front Range: The Inside Story
Trumark Colorado division president Scott Davis opens up on the challenges and opportunities of launching a de nova market expansion in a pandemic-era mobility magnet.
Marketing & Sales
Notes On A Fall Weekend For Homebuilders In 21's Home Stretch
What do the 'dynamics' of housing, the economy, policy, the pandemic, and social upheaval challenge building's leaders to do as 2021 leads to next year?
Leadership
What Is Affordable? Do Market Rate Builders Need To Know?
Monthly payment power equates to how builders measure their ability to build and deliver affordably. Interest rates are the biggest stressor to this benchmark in the near future.
Leadership
Sticker Shock Has Brought Down Titans Before ... It Can Do So Again
Builders -- whether they want to or not -- are testing price elasticity limits of customers. Those customers have a known history of changing their behavior when costs exceed their tolerance point. Here's how.
Leadership
As Stresses Pile Up, People Mean More Than Ever As Ways Forward
None of today's array of risks, threats, and challenges is insurmountable if leaders sustain the trust, resolve, and focus of team members.