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The New Math: The 5 Metrics To Get Right For Success In 2024

Land

The New Math: The 5 Metrics To Get Right For Success In 2024

During the period since the Global Financial Crisis, the underlying math of the homebuilding and residential development business has changed in ways I am not sure has been thought through by all participants.

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Land

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Mix shift or not, land and residential building lots are not only the homebuilding and development's precious resource "they're not making any more of," but also the very one 30,000 U.S. localities happen to make a common practice of making less of.

Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend

Land

Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend

To feed the machine, public, private, large, medium, or small builders need lots out ahead of them. To keep that machine hungry, builders need those lots to pencil in an environment that's getting tougher and tougher for a larger and larger portion of would-be home buyers.

A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023

Land

A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023

Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.

Housing's Environment Has Changed. How Will We Adapt?

Land

Housing's Environment Has Changed. How Will We Adapt?

Our housing markets across the country have been rapidly changing and if we don’t change to keep pace, we risk being the proverbial frog in boiling water.

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The New Math: The 5 Metrics To Get Right For Success In 2024

Land

The New Math: The 5 Metrics To Get Right For Success In 2024

During the period since the Global Financial Crisis, the underlying math of the homebuilding and residential development business has changed in ways I am not sure has been thought through by all participants.

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Land

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Mix shift or not, land and residential building lots are not only the homebuilding and development's precious resource "they're not making any more of," but also the very one 30,000 U.S. localities happen to make a common practice of making less of.

Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend

Land

Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend

To feed the machine, public, private, large, medium, or small builders need lots out ahead of them. To keep that machine hungry, builders need those lots to pencil in an environment that's getting tougher and tougher for a larger and larger portion of would-be home buyers.

A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023

Land

A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023

Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.

Housing's Environment Has Changed. How Will We Adapt?

Land

Housing's Environment Has Changed. How Will We Adapt?

Our housing markets across the country have been rapidly changing and if we don’t change to keep pace, we risk being the proverbial frog in boiling water.

land basis

The New Math: The 5 Metrics To Get Right For Success In 2024

Land 12.15.23

The New Math: The 5 Metrics To Get Right For Success In 2024

During the period since the Global Financial Crisis, the underlying math of the homebuilding and residential development business has changed in ways I am not sure has been thought through by all participants.

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Land 11.15.23

As Land Inflation Looms Over 2024, New Solutions Emerge

Mix shift or not, land and residential building lots are not only the homebuilding and development's precious resource "they're not making any more of," but also the very one 30,000 U.S. localities happen to make a common practice of making less of.

Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend

Land 10.04.23

Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend

To feed the machine, public, private, large, medium, or small builders need lots out ahead of them. To keep that machine hungry, builders need those lots to pencil in an environment that's getting tougher and tougher for a larger and larger portion of would-be home buyers.

A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023

Land 05.19.23

A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023

Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.

Housing's Environment Has Changed. How Will We Adapt?

Land 03.01.23

Housing's Environment Has Changed. How Will We Adapt?

Our housing markets across the country have been rapidly changing and if we don’t change to keep pace, we risk being the proverbial frog in boiling water.