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Backlog Logjam May Dampen Spring Selling: Deja Vu All Over

Leadership

Backlog Logjam May Dampen Spring Selling: Deja Vu All Over

2022's word-of-the-year for homebuilders and their partners: Capability. And in most cases, that means deep pockets, deep local scale, and deep relationships with vendors.

As Bastion Of Future Demand, Demographics' Heyday Is Over

Marketing & Sales

As Bastion Of Future Demand, Demographics' Heyday Is Over

We're seeing the beginning of the end of demographics and generational cohorts as tools to measure market size and demand drivers. Here's the X factor we see as a bulwark of business strategy for the decade ahead.

What To Watch: How To Model For An Either-Way Year Ahead

Marketing & Sales

What To Watch: How To Model For An Either-Way Year Ahead

How might we pick up telltales that better help us predict what's ahead? Looking back at "trends that have been stopped in their tracks" may offer clues.

Homebuilding's Backlog Logjam Weighs On 2022 Forecasts

Leadership

Homebuilding's Backlog Logjam Weighs On 2022 Forecasts

It's crystal ball time in housing, and a number of factors bedeviling homebuilders' production and value cycles remain stubbornly resistant to modeling a plan. Welcome to a new normal of de-risking 2022 operations for uncertainty ahead.

Omicron — In An Era Of Ongoing Challenge — Means More Testing

Leadership

Omicron — In An Era Of Ongoing Challenge — Means More Testing

Housing leaders — already battling a daunting array of business, operational, and logistical challenges — need to up their game on ensuring workplace, jobsite, customer, and partner safety as variants emerge.

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Backlog Logjam May Dampen Spring Selling: Deja Vu All Over

Leadership

Backlog Logjam May Dampen Spring Selling: Deja Vu All Over

2022's word-of-the-year for homebuilders and their partners: Capability. And in most cases, that means deep pockets, deep local scale, and deep relationships with vendors.

As Bastion Of Future Demand, Demographics' Heyday Is Over

Marketing & Sales

As Bastion Of Future Demand, Demographics' Heyday Is Over

We're seeing the beginning of the end of demographics and generational cohorts as tools to measure market size and demand drivers. Here's the X factor we see as a bulwark of business strategy for the decade ahead.

What To Watch: How To Model For An Either-Way Year Ahead

Marketing & Sales

What To Watch: How To Model For An Either-Way Year Ahead

How might we pick up telltales that better help us predict what's ahead? Looking back at "trends that have been stopped in their tracks" may offer clues.

Homebuilding's Backlog Logjam Weighs On 2022 Forecasts

Leadership

Homebuilding's Backlog Logjam Weighs On 2022 Forecasts

It's crystal ball time in housing, and a number of factors bedeviling homebuilders' production and value cycles remain stubbornly resistant to modeling a plan. Welcome to a new normal of de-risking 2022 operations for uncertainty ahead.

Omicron — In An Era Of Ongoing Challenge — Means More Testing

Leadership

Omicron — In An Era Of Ongoing Challenge — Means More Testing

Housing leaders — already battling a daunting array of business, operational, and logistical challenges — need to up their game on ensuring workplace, jobsite, customer, and partner safety as variants emerge.

housing economics

Backlog Logjam May Dampen Spring Selling: Deja Vu All Over

Leadership 01.10.22

Backlog Logjam May Dampen Spring Selling: Deja Vu All Over

2022's word-of-the-year for homebuilders and their partners: Capability. And in most cases, that means deep pockets, deep local scale, and deep relationships with vendors.

As Bastion Of Future Demand, Demographics' Heyday Is Over

Marketing & Sales 12.17.21

As Bastion Of Future Demand, Demographics' Heyday Is Over

We're seeing the beginning of the end of demographics and generational cohorts as tools to measure market size and demand drivers. Here's the X factor we see as a bulwark of business strategy for the decade ahead.

What To Watch: How To Model For An Either-Way Year Ahead

Marketing & Sales 12.09.21

What To Watch: How To Model For An Either-Way Year Ahead

How might we pick up telltales that better help us predict what's ahead? Looking back at "trends that have been stopped in their tracks" may offer clues.

Homebuilding's Backlog Logjam Weighs On 2022 Forecasts

Leadership 12.02.21

Homebuilding's Backlog Logjam Weighs On 2022 Forecasts

It's crystal ball time in housing, and a number of factors bedeviling homebuilders' production and value cycles remain stubbornly resistant to modeling a plan. Welcome to a new normal of de-risking 2022 operations for uncertainty ahead.

Omicron — In An Era Of Ongoing Challenge — Means More Testing

Leadership 12.01.21

Omicron — In An Era Of Ongoing Challenge — Means More Testing

Housing leaders — already battling a daunting array of business, operational, and logistical challenges — need to up their game on ensuring workplace, jobsite, customer, and partner safety as variants emerge.