Land
Oversupply or Overreaction? DFW Market Needs To Hit Reset
Scott Finfer breaks down the DFW-area oversupply crisis: post-pandemic assumptions, slower job growth, and mispriced inventory. Across the U.S., high-volume markets face similar risks. Finfer outlines five strategic moves to cut through the noise — and seize ground as bigger players pull back.
Capital
Forecast Season: Be Sure Your Shock Absorber Is Built To Last
Here's a sneak-peak at the first of the national housing forecasts for 2024, and what they signal about business conditions.
Leadership
Olivia Clarke Homes: The Origin Story Is A Story Of Resilience
A story from homebuilding's well of resiliency may always be there if you look for it, but today especially – against a global backdrop of fear, doubt, and uncertainty – we're glad for this one about Olivia Clarke Homes' founder Jennifer Clarke Johnson.
Land
Trumark's Wathen Castanos Buy Puts It On An M&A Fast-Track
With an "imperative" to grow, according to Trumark co-founder and co-CEO Michael Maples, and a green light to tap the deep, highly-motivated capital resources of Daiwa House, he says, "stay tuned."
Land
Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend
To feed the machine, public, private, large, medium, or small builders need lots out ahead of them. To keep that machine hungry, builders need those lots to pencil in an environment that's getting tougher and tougher for a larger and larger portion of would-be home buyers.
Land
Grid Block: How A Transformer Shortage Impacts Affordability
Grand Oak Builders president and CEO Dave Erickson lays out the domino effect of an acute shortage of distribution transformers needed to bring new homes and communities onto the grid.
