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It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different

Land

It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different

Prices for it are high; multiple bidders for it strive to control it and build on it; borrowing costs to finance it are high, time-value-of-money costs for entitlement, permitting, etc. are running longer and longer, and ... "they're not making it anymore" has become "they're making less."

Here's Homebuilding Data Guru Jody Kahn On The '24 Land Sweeps

Land

Here's Homebuilding Data Guru Jody Kahn On The '24 Land Sweeps

Homebuilders are stoked about better-than-expected demand that arrived ahead of schedule in 2024. For many of them, it's supply -- particularly lot supply -- that represents the red flag risk ahead.

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.

Poised To Pounce: If Credit Tightens, Get Ready For A Run

Land

Poised To Pounce: If Credit Tightens, Get Ready For A Run

Here's the way 10 public homebuilding firms' strategists coyly position themselves to jump on new market share and earnings opportunities through the end of 2023 and into 2024, by drawing on troves of 'dry powder.'

Return-To-Work Measures May Stress-Test Wider-Radius Theory

Land

Return-To-Work Measures May Stress-Test Wider-Radius Theory

In early Covid time, outer ring opportunity called like it was the Next Big Thing in residential planning and development. With the verdict still out on remote work, some bets are in question.

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It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different

Land

It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different

Prices for it are high; multiple bidders for it strive to control it and build on it; borrowing costs to finance it are high, time-value-of-money costs for entitlement, permitting, etc. are running longer and longer, and ... "they're not making it anymore" has become "they're making less."

Here's Homebuilding Data Guru Jody Kahn On The '24 Land Sweeps

Land

Here's Homebuilding Data Guru Jody Kahn On The '24 Land Sweeps

Homebuilders are stoked about better-than-expected demand that arrived ahead of schedule in 2024. For many of them, it's supply -- particularly lot supply -- that represents the red flag risk ahead.

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.

Poised To Pounce: If Credit Tightens, Get Ready For A Run

Land

Poised To Pounce: If Credit Tightens, Get Ready For A Run

Here's the way 10 public homebuilding firms' strategists coyly position themselves to jump on new market share and earnings opportunities through the end of 2023 and into 2024, by drawing on troves of 'dry powder.'

Return-To-Work Measures May Stress-Test Wider-Radius Theory

Land

Return-To-Work Measures May Stress-Test Wider-Radius Theory

In early Covid time, outer ring opportunity called like it was the Next Big Thing in residential planning and development. With the verdict still out on remote work, some bets are in question.

Land constraint

It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different

Land 05.29.24

It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different

Prices for it are high; multiple bidders for it strive to control it and build on it; borrowing costs to finance it are high, time-value-of-money costs for entitlement, permitting, etc. are running longer and longer, and ... "they're not making it anymore" has become "they're making less."

Here's Homebuilding Data Guru Jody Kahn On The '24 Land Sweeps

Land 03.05.24

Here's Homebuilding Data Guru Jody Kahn On The '24 Land Sweeps

Homebuilders are stoked about better-than-expected demand that arrived ahead of schedule in 2024. For many of them, it's supply -- particularly lot supply -- that represents the red flag risk ahead.

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.

Poised To Pounce: If Credit Tightens, Get Ready For A Run

Land 08.02.23

Poised To Pounce: If Credit Tightens, Get Ready For A Run

Here's the way 10 public homebuilding firms' strategists coyly position themselves to jump on new market share and earnings opportunities through the end of 2023 and into 2024, by drawing on troves of 'dry powder.'

Return-To-Work Measures May Stress-Test Wider-Radius Theory

Land 04.11.22

Return-To-Work Measures May Stress-Test Wider-Radius Theory

In early Covid time, outer ring opportunity called like it was the Next Big Thing in residential planning and development. With the verdict still out on remote work, some bets are in question.