Capital
McKinley Homes Expands to Texas with Liberty Acquisition
The deal highlights the growing importance of private-to-private partnerships in reshaping U.S. homebuilding amid rising competition — in places like Houston, especially — and evolving buyer demands.
Land
A Majority Of New-Home Markets Are Water Stressed
Addressing both outdoor and indoor water use in new construction will be key to reducing the stress on U.S. water resources. Here are some strategies for homebuilders to achieve more efficient water use.
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."
Land
Narrow Pathways: 7 Options Key Private Homebuilders' Roadmap
A more challenging entitlement world with chronic undersupply likely means being at a margin disadvantage is not a question of merely accepting lower returns. It is the difference between buying and not buying land.
Land
What Daiwa House's Latest Acquisition Means For U.S. Homebuilding
The purchase of North Carolina-based Prestige tells of a strategic roadmap that includes plans to secure and sustain asset-light land control, build technology and manufacturing platforms, and gain advantages to a deeper domestic talent pool as well as better strategic M&A opportunities.
Land
A Start-Up With A Model Built To Scale Up In Scattered Infill Sites
A competitive advantage for a new homebuilding firm in a hotbed of market share-thirsty rivals in North and Central Florida can come only one way – and it's not by outspending them in any part of the end-to-end building lifecycle – the hard way.
