Leadership Designing Insurable Homes: Why Location Comes First With rising premiums, shifting coverage availability, and more frequent natural disasters, builders today face a new kind of challenge.
Leadership Private Homebuilders Find a Floor, But Not Much Cushion Margins are thin, incentives are costly, and competition with publics is bruising. Yet private homebuilders see the beginning flickers of predictability — and even cautious optimism for 2026.
Land Faster Lots, Lower Costs, Fewer Mistakes: Elevating Site Intel Margins are under pressure, and inefficiency is expensive. We explore how builders are using tech like TraceAir to speed up site work, eliminate rework, and stay on budget — even when everything else feels uncertain.
Capital Cushman Warns Cities: Convert Offices Or Face Growing Crisis Downtowns overweighted in office space face falling values and shrinking tax bases. Swift conversions to housing and mixed-use are essential to prevent fiscal and social decline.
Policy Los Angeles Halts SB 9 Light-Density Housing in Fire Zones Los Angeles’ emergency order blocks Senate Bill 9 lot-splits in fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades, restoring the single-family pattern that existed before the January inferno. The move underscores tensions between state housing law and local disaster realities.
