Land
Land 'Heavy,' Future Ready: Stanley Martin’s $700M Pivot
In an AI-driven land rush, Stanley Martin Homes turned deep zoning and engineering expertise into one of the largest single-use, single-parcel land sales in U.S. history. President Steve Alloy explains why playing “land heavy” still pays off when skill meets timing.
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Not All SFR Markets Are Created Equal: Many Thrive, Some Don't
On average, single-family-rental is one of housing's biggest winners of 2020 into 2021. How many markets will behave according to the law of averages?
Land
To Detect Job Magnets, Follow Job Opportunity Scorecards
Which top 10 states rankings for job seekers will win out in predicting where young people match up with career opportunity?
Land
Drought Shifts Wildfire's Fault Lines Into No Man's Land Buys
Arguments pro and con on the risks of development, where and where not to develop, who's got which rights to do what, etc., are the matters of power, money, and politics. Meanwhile, there's a housing affordability crisis.
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Moving Targets: Rather Than Predict And Bet, Listen And Learn
Winners and losers in the land game are placing big money on work-from-anywhere trends that may or may not hold in a mid-term future business scenario.
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Metro Magnetic: Pencilling How Much Commute Will Compute
Land acquisition strategy's challenge of the moment is to decipher signals vs. noise, reactiveness vs. initiation, impulse vs. intention as households shape geography's future.