community development

Building Tech & Products 05.18.21

Lose the Battle, Lose the War: Solutions to the Labor Crisis

In Part 2 of Capability and Culture, our Dream Team measures the ramifications of construction's labor crisis, and how the consequences of this seemingly insurmountable challenge may be the catalyst needed to embrace innovation.

Marketing & Sales 08.25.21

Pandemic-Era New Normal Segments: 50+ Is The New 55+

As Dream Finders Homes unveils its active adult game plan, it starts by including a spryer customer set. Here's why that's a game-changer.

Marketing & Sales 07.12.21

Sonic Boom: MultiGen's Trajectory Got A Covid Lift

The same people that brought the world the very first 'Me Generation,' are now spurring a We Generation surge to multiple generations living under a single roof.

Marketing & Sales 07.02.21

In 'Best Places To Retire in 2021,' U.S. News Keys In On Budget And Health

Three million "unplanned" retirees in the past year swell 55-plus demand, and further open opportunity for new communities that offer post-career living on a tighter budget.

Architecture 06.23.21

LA Story: Architecture's Role In Solving The Affordability Crisis

As a context to explore inspired and inspiring concepts, LA's "Low Rise" competition winners hew to a central theme: architecture as a solution for social, policy, economic, and cultural challenge.

Land 06.22.21

Here Are The New Table Stakes For 2020s Retirement Meccas

Forbes' top 25 "Best Places to Retire in 2021" map a shifting geography of "next adventure" living for 55-plus present and future.

Land 07.21.21

Comfort Zoned In: Remapping Paths-Of-Growth To A WFH Future

The lot plot thickens as data reveals homebuyers' bets that a work-from-home hybrid is the future they're buying into. That means trading off commute convenience for more space.

Marketing & Sales 06.16.21

Kids Go Missing In Action As American Households Change

The demos don't lie. With fertility rates falling and Baby Boom generation adults rotating into older ages, housing's transformation is a non-negotiable.

Marketing & Sales 06.24.21

America's Covid Baby Bust Means The Future Has Arrived Early For Homebuilders

Demographics, the structural basis for long-range optimism in residential investment, real estate development, construction, distribution, and related manufacturing and partner businesses, has suddenly hoisted a Jolly Roger.

Policy 05.13.21

What Does Elon Musk Have To Do With The Price Of Land In Richmond?

As America's bad-boy, genius, business mogul, innovator makes headlines, other matters -- like land -- are worth exploring too.