Leadership
A Fed Rate Cut Will Not Reset Homebuilders’ Margin Math
Tomorrow’s Fed move may nudge mortgage rates lower. But structural land, fee, labor, and insurance costs suggest high-teen margins are here to stay.
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Sumitomo Forestry Sharpens U.S. Focus With DRB Move
Strategic clarity replaces portfolio sprawl as Sumitomo bets big on U.S. scale and integration.
Together with
FTS
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Homebuilders and Insurance: A New-Reality Cost To Stay Ahead
Exclusive insights from Westwood Insurance Agency’s Alan Umaly and MSI’s Naimish Patel reveal why homebuilders must rethink insurance, resilience, and risk management—or risk losing buyers in an increasingly volatile market.
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Westwood Insurance Agency
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Build With Purpose: What Homebuilding Must Learn Now
Jamie Dimon’s 2025 letter isn’t about banking — it’s a challenge to business leaders in housing and beyond.
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Wanda Headley Shows What Strength Looks Like Now
In a time of volatility and doubt, a retiring LP team member reminds us that character, commitment, and community are still the bedrock of resilience.
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Eastwood Homes, Napolitano Unite In Culture-First M&A Deal
In a rare private-to-private M&A deal, Eastwood Homes acquires Virginia’s Napolitano Homes—uniting two family-founded builders in a move that blends culture, strategic market expansion, product synergy, and generational transition.