Leadership 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.
Marketing & Sales Do Homebuilders Waste Money On Marketing No One Trusts? To build rapport with buyers, homebuilders need to be upfront, shift from selling to educating, and evolve their marketing strategies. Marketing strategist Barbara Wray shares time- and cycle-tested secrets.
Technology Brandon Elliott’s Next Big Thing: An Uber-Style Building Trades Platform After selling Elliott Homes to Meritage, the Gulfport, Miss.-based entrepreneur sets his sights on transforming trades with a logistics-tech startup that aims to make construction faster, smarter, and more affordable—starting with siding.
Leadership Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale Escondido, CA-area’s Dixon Trail becomes the nation’s first IBHS-certified Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood—fusing resilience, affordability, and innovation into a new model for community design.
Technology Home Grown: An Inflection Point For Builder Technology In 2025 Homebuilders need faster, cleaner decisions to protect margins and stay competitive. The Builder’s Daily explores a fully-integrated building lifecycle solution that promises operational traction when every move matters.
