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10 Bold Ideas Tackling Housing Affordability And Access Now
From AI to hempcrete, these 10 ideas show how innovation in design, finance, and policy can open the door to housing affordability.
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Eastwood Homes, Napolitano Unite In Culture-First M&A Deal
In a rare private-to-private M&A deal, Eastwood Homes acquires Virginia’s Napolitano Homes—uniting two family-founded builders in a move that blends culture, strategic market expansion, product synergy, and generational transition.
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Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale
Escondido, CA-area’s Dixon Trail becomes the nation’s first IBHS-certified Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood—fusing resilience, affordability, and innovation into a new model for community design.
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KB Home Guidance Cut Bodes Sharper Sector Challenges Ahead
In a reflection of broader market tensions, KB Home — following on an earlier lowered guidance from Lennar — drastically revises its 2025 outlook downward amid weakening consumer confidence and escalating costs.
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Lennar: Volume Wins, Everyone Else Adjusts To 'Share The Pain'
In a slower housing market, Lennar leans into a land-light, asset-light strategy, doubling down on sales pace—even at the cost of incentives and margin compression. The message to suppliers: help us cut costs, or risk being cut out.
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Rachel Bardis: Building A New Blueprint For Community Living
A family legacy in homebuilding gave Rachel Bardis a foundation. Now, as COO of Somers West, she’s applying risk strategy, development grit, and a deep sense of purpose to Braden—an ambitious new master-planned community near Sacramento.