Policy

3rd-Party Options Gain Traction Battling Code Inspection Friction

As homebuilders face elongated — costly — waits for essential build-cycle inspections, they turn increasingly to third-party inspections as a work-around to keep start-to-completion construction cycles on track.

Capital

As Spec Home Mojo Rises, More Builders Make A Go Of Evenflow

What's working is getting spec on the ground and bolstering marketing and sales competencies to keep an evenflow construction management process going.

Technology

Builders Claim Crucial Edge As ERP, In-The-Field Info Syncs Up

"Trying to align your business to the market on ‘stale’ data is not an efficient business practice and requires larger swings in pricing as you look to recapture lost revenue.” — Paolo Benzan, Constellation Homebuilder Systems

Leadership

Builder CEOs: Demand Attests To New Homes As Buyer Safe Havens

Here's a baker's dozen — verbatim — homebuilding enterprise C-level strategists forecasting demand in light of some of the market's quickly moving challenges.