The Builder's Daily (Page 10)

Andrin Homes Turns Customer Pain Into Business Culture Shift

Facing the toughest Toronto market in decades, Andrin operationalized a proactive homeowner experience strategy. What started as a service platform became a catalyst for team alignment, trust, and performance.

Policy

Pulte Brings Homebuilder Know-How Inside Fannie Mae

Washington is tightening the link between federal housing finance and builder operations. Liquidity, land strategy, and affordability are now intertwined.

Leadership

Insurance Costs Now Define Housing’s Affordability Equation

Insurance premiums have soared nearly 70% in five years, now consuming almost one in ten housing dollars. Homebuilders who plan for insurability early protect both margins and buyer trust.

Leadership

Homebuilding’s Hardest Test: Change As Core Competency

Residential development leaders are being forced to lead across timelines. Resilience means solving today’s air pockets with tomorrow’s customers in mind.

Policy

Grappling With State-Mandated Density, Sharp Local Pushback

Seattle is deep into a big push to reshape its housing landscape: Dismantling single-family zoning to comply with Washington’s 2023 law that legalizes middle housing. Richard Lawson examines how the One Seattle Plan could double capacity and create 120,000 new homes. But not without a fight.