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Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

Land

Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

The paradoxical riddle – undersupply and overbuilding – has moving-target market-rate for-sale new-construction demand disruptors many market appraisers neglect as well.

Another Monday In Homebuilder Land: The Fed 'Pause' Edition

Leadership

Another Monday In Homebuilder Land: The Fed 'Pause' Edition

At this point, either the good news or the bad is masking what's really going on and what's due next.

Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy

Architecture

Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy

Tactics and tailwinds – necessary and successful as they've been in stemming what could have been a rout from the start of 2023 – amount to this: They've bought builders time.

Now That Builders' Have Pace In Hand, The Worry Turns To Land

Land

Now That Builders' Have Pace In Hand, The Worry Turns To Land

Many homebuilders, giddy about the fact that they're selling homes when they didn't know for sure what would be going on right now, now begin to feel uneasy about backing up their legacy land deals with new lot pipelines.

Another Monday In Builderland, With A Birthday To Celebrate

Leadership

Another Monday In Builderland, With A Birthday To Celebrate

Homebuilder and their partner business teams put themselves in a position to pivot and play aggressively, rather than to simply concede to gravity and the headline risk cycle.

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Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

Land

Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

The paradoxical riddle – undersupply and overbuilding – has moving-target market-rate for-sale new-construction demand disruptors many market appraisers neglect as well.

Another Monday In Homebuilder Land: The Fed 'Pause' Edition

Leadership

Another Monday In Homebuilder Land: The Fed 'Pause' Edition

At this point, either the good news or the bad is masking what's really going on and what's due next.

Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy

Architecture

Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy

Tactics and tailwinds – necessary and successful as they've been in stemming what could have been a rout from the start of 2023 – amount to this: They've bought builders time.

Now That Builders' Have Pace In Hand, The Worry Turns To Land

Land

Now That Builders' Have Pace In Hand, The Worry Turns To Land

Many homebuilders, giddy about the fact that they're selling homes when they didn't know for sure what would be going on right now, now begin to feel uneasy about backing up their legacy land deals with new lot pipelines.

Another Monday In Builderland, With A Birthday To Celebrate

Leadership

Another Monday In Builderland, With A Birthday To Celebrate

Homebuilder and their partner business teams put themselves in a position to pivot and play aggressively, rather than to simply concede to gravity and the headline risk cycle.

Land

Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

Land 05.15.23

Undersupplied And Over-Built: How Could Both Be True At Once?

The paradoxical riddle – undersupply and overbuilding – has moving-target market-rate for-sale new-construction demand disruptors many market appraisers neglect as well.

Another Monday In Homebuilder Land: The Fed 'Pause' Edition

Leadership 05.08.23

Another Monday In Homebuilder Land: The Fed 'Pause' Edition

At this point, either the good news or the bad is masking what's really going on and what's due next.

Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy

Architecture 05.01.23

Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy

Tactics and tailwinds – necessary and successful as they've been in stemming what could have been a rout from the start of 2023 – amount to this: They've bought builders time.

Now That Builders' Have Pace In Hand, The Worry Turns To Land

Land 04.11.23

Now That Builders' Have Pace In Hand, The Worry Turns To Land

Many homebuilders, giddy about the fact that they're selling homes when they didn't know for sure what would be going on right now, now begin to feel uneasy about backing up their legacy land deals with new lot pipelines.

Another Monday In Builderland, With A Birthday To Celebrate

Leadership 04.10.23

Another Monday In Builderland, With A Birthday To Celebrate

Homebuilder and their partner business teams put themselves in a position to pivot and play aggressively, rather than to simply concede to gravity and the headline risk cycle.