Marketing & Sales
U.S. Apartment Rents Post First Third-Quarter Drop Since 2009
Apartment rents slipped for the first time since the Great Recession, signaling a cooling market driven by oversupply. Developers are pulling back—but economists warn the pause won’t last. Richard Lawson explores how and why.
Marketing & Sales
These 5 Time-Tested Tips Will Jump Start 55+ Resident Referrals
When managing 55+ community homeowners associations, builders and developers need to meet and overdeliver on the high expectations of a particularly discretionary consumer group.
Marketing & Sales
How A Homebuilder Stands Out In Florida's Fierce Competitive Arena
"Investing in your brand doesn't give you a direct return on investment immediately. It takes a long time, but over time, branding successfully does increase financial value." -- Alex Akel, President, Akel Homes
Marketing & Sales
Builders Tangle To Keep Buyers In The Game, Off The Sideline
The contest now is all about who can outperform rivals with market strategies that adapt to the changing conditions and get larger slices of a shrinking pie.
Marketing & Sales
Resiliency Test: A New Playbook For Weakening Consumer Mojo
What tends to prove out as new-home demand moves into an inflection, first- and fast-movers put themselves in a more resilient position than those who wait until a slowdown is clear to all.
Leadership
Tapping Linda Mamet As EVP, Tri Pointe's Tech-Fueled Future Accelerates
"We can now focus fully on ideas like a single source of truth. This means holistic integrations among our platforms – where information moves meaningfully in real-time, back-and-forth between what the customer is doing and what we are doing internally." -- Linda Mamet, EVP, Tri Pointe Homes