TBDnew home demographics trends
Architecture
Could Bigger Apartments Reverse America's Birth Decline?
A new study from the Institute for Family Studies links shrinking apartments to falling birth rates. It suggests developers could help stabilize the nation’s population by building more family-sized rental homes.
Leadership
How Signature Homes Wins While Other Builders Pull Back
Sales are sliding for most private builders. Dwight Sandlin’s team is defying the trend with strategy, speed, and customer obsession.
Land
Meritage Boosts Nashville Presence With 2,500-Lot Deal
A land acquisition from Willow Branch Homes strengthens Meritage’s strategy in a market where demand outpaces supply.
Policy
Immigration’s Double Role in Homebuilding’s Present, Future
Immigrants are key to solving both the labor crunch and -- believe it or not -- an eventual household demand shortfall. But only if policy allows them to stay, build, and thrive.
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John Burns Research & Consulting
Land
Florida Paradox: In-Migration Vs. Growing Signs Of An Exodus
Even as domestic migration cools, international migration is driving demand, and with it, there is pressure on land prices, baseline costs, and housing attainability.





new home demographics trends
Architecture 10.13.25
Could Bigger Apartments Reverse America's Birth Decline?
A new study from the Institute for Family Studies links shrinking apartments to falling birth rates. It suggests developers could help stabilize the nation’s population by building more family-sized rental homes.
Leadership 07.16.25
How Signature Homes Wins While Other Builders Pull Back
Sales are sliding for most private builders. Dwight Sandlin’s team is defying the trend with strategy, speed, and customer obsession.
Land 04.28.25
Meritage Boosts Nashville Presence With 2,500-Lot Deal
A land acquisition from Willow Branch Homes strengthens Meritage’s strategy in a market where demand outpaces supply.
Policy 04.08.25
Immigration’s Double Role in Homebuilding’s Present, Future
Immigrants are key to solving both the labor crunch and -- believe it or not -- an eventual household demand shortfall. But only if policy allows them to stay, build, and thrive.
Land 03.21.25
Florida Paradox: In-Migration Vs. Growing Signs Of An Exodus
Even as domestic migration cools, international migration is driving demand, and with it, there is pressure on land prices, baseline costs, and housing attainability.