Land
A Contrarian's Take On Tariffs And Market Share Opportunity
Our man on the ground in Texas, long-time land acquisition strategy guru Scott Finfer, sees a window of opportunity opening for nimble, agile, private homebuilding power players able to counterpunch while big builders grapple with tariff blowback.
Land
Lennar's Long-Planned 'Spin' Is Set In Motion As An Asset-Light Future Arrives
This move underscores a broader trend towards the "asset-light" business model, which is now widely being adopted by major homebuilding enterprises, public and private.
Technology
Ground Control: Creating A Digital Marketplace To Move Dirt
A $100 billion-a-year lending pool to acquire and develop the ground for homesites partially supports a parallel universe $50-billion addressable market that begs for a solution to a pain point: moving dirt.
Land
'The Vision Thing' And Its Role Driving Orders In Dodgy Times
Clayton Garrett and Scott Snodgrass' Indigo business case may be their vision's power, portability, and scale. It could well be a fresh residential real estate business model in the making.
Land
A Majority Of New-Home Markets Are Water Stressed
Addressing both outdoor and indoor water use in new construction will be key to reducing the stress on U.S. water resources. Here are some strategies for homebuilders to achieve more efficient water use.
Land
It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different
Prices for it are high; multiple bidders for it strive to control it and build on it; borrowing costs to finance it are high, time-value-of-money costs for entitlement, permitting, etc. are running longer and longer, and ... "they're not making it anymore" has become "they're making less."
