TBDNew Home Sales

Don't Get Fooled By A Myth Of A Helpless Buyer; Listen To Yours

Leadership

Don't Get Fooled By A Myth Of A Helpless Buyer; Listen To Yours

With apologies to Mark Twain, rumors of the demise of consumer households' market power in residential real estate are premature. Stay alert for a waking giant. Here's how and why.

Data Says It: A New Homebuyer Behavior Pivot Has Happened

Marketing & Sales

Data Says It: A New Homebuyer Behavior Pivot Has Happened

Households searching online for new homes declined, year-on-year, for the first time in 52 weeks. Panic time? No. Time to shift from order-taking to high-level customer focus and care? You decide.

Bumpier Times As Market Forces Stress-Test Solid Fundamentals

Capital

Bumpier Times As Market Forces Stress-Test Solid Fundamentals

P4 -- a fourth revision to 2021 budget and operational forecasts -- needs to reflect shifts from tailwinds to headwinds before 'actuals' start comping to booming 2020 measures.

The 5th Cycle: Frank Anton On Housing's Law Of Gravity

Capital

The 5th Cycle: Frank Anton On Housing's Law Of Gravity

What-if? The question few housing business stakeholders care to factor into their forecasts right now is what happens when -- not if -- interest rates spike?

The Price, Pace, Profit Plot Thickens In A Murky Outlook

Leadership

The Price, Pace, Profit Plot Thickens In A Murky Outlook

Here's why builders are hoping existing home inventory trends continue upward -- for at least the rest of 2021.

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Don't Get Fooled By A Myth Of A Helpless Buyer; Listen To Yours

Leadership

Don't Get Fooled By A Myth Of A Helpless Buyer; Listen To Yours

With apologies to Mark Twain, rumors of the demise of consumer households' market power in residential real estate are premature. Stay alert for a waking giant. Here's how and why.

Data Says It: A New Homebuyer Behavior Pivot Has Happened

Marketing & Sales

Data Says It: A New Homebuyer Behavior Pivot Has Happened

Households searching online for new homes declined, year-on-year, for the first time in 52 weeks. Panic time? No. Time to shift from order-taking to high-level customer focus and care? You decide.

Bumpier Times As Market Forces Stress-Test Solid Fundamentals

Capital

Bumpier Times As Market Forces Stress-Test Solid Fundamentals

P4 -- a fourth revision to 2021 budget and operational forecasts -- needs to reflect shifts from tailwinds to headwinds before 'actuals' start comping to booming 2020 measures.

The 5th Cycle: Frank Anton On Housing's Law Of Gravity

Capital

The 5th Cycle: Frank Anton On Housing's Law Of Gravity

What-if? The question few housing business stakeholders care to factor into their forecasts right now is what happens when -- not if -- interest rates spike?

The Price, Pace, Profit Plot Thickens In A Murky Outlook

Leadership

The Price, Pace, Profit Plot Thickens In A Murky Outlook

Here's why builders are hoping existing home inventory trends continue upward -- for at least the rest of 2021.

New Home Sales

Don't Get Fooled By A Myth Of A Helpless Buyer; Listen To Yours

Leadership 11.15.21

Don't Get Fooled By A Myth Of A Helpless Buyer; Listen To Yours

With apologies to Mark Twain, rumors of the demise of consumer households' market power in residential real estate are premature. Stay alert for a waking giant. Here's how and why.

Data Says It: A New Homebuyer Behavior Pivot Has Happened

Marketing & Sales 10.29.21

Data Says It: A New Homebuyer Behavior Pivot Has Happened

Households searching online for new homes declined, year-on-year, for the first time in 52 weeks. Panic time? No. Time to shift from order-taking to high-level customer focus and care? You decide.

Bumpier Times As Market Forces Stress-Test Solid Fundamentals

Capital 09.20.21

Bumpier Times As Market Forces Stress-Test Solid Fundamentals

P4 -- a fourth revision to 2021 budget and operational forecasts -- needs to reflect shifts from tailwinds to headwinds before 'actuals' start comping to booming 2020 measures.

The 5th Cycle: Frank Anton On Housing's Law Of Gravity

Capital 09.13.21

The 5th Cycle: Frank Anton On Housing's Law Of Gravity

What-if? The question few housing business stakeholders care to factor into their forecasts right now is what happens when -- not if -- interest rates spike?

The Price, Pace, Profit Plot Thickens In A Murky Outlook

Leadership 08.24.21

The Price, Pace, Profit Plot Thickens In A Murky Outlook

Here's why builders are hoping existing home inventory trends continue upward -- for at least the rest of 2021.