Land
Steel, Skeptics, And The Real Innovators In U.S. Homebuilding
TBD MasterClass contributor Scott Finfer shares a brutally honest tale of land, failed dreams, and a new bet on steel-frame homes in Texas. It's not just bold — it might actually work.
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'The Vision Thing' And Its Role Driving Orders In Dodgy Times
Clayton Garrett and Scott Snodgrass' Indigo business case may be their vision's power, portability, and scale. It could well be a fresh residential real estate business model in the making.
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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
