Marketing & Sales
The New Geography Of The U.S. New-Home Affordability Crisis
The widening affordability gap is hitting hardest in unexpected places, with Mountain West cities experiencing the steepest price hikes. A new ULI index reveals how these overlooked metros struggle to keep up with demand, reshaping the geography of housing challenges in America.
Marketing & Sales
Two Little Letters - A.I. - Change Homebuilding As We Speak
Here are four examples of A.I.s immediate or near-future applicability in homebuilding sales and marketing, given that these areas are both repeatable and already well-documented in digital records.
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New Home Star
Marketing & Sales
A New Lawsuit Vs. PulteGroup Ties To Dismissal Of Senior Exec
'Betty Trester' -- a Michigan law firm representing her as client says -- is a PulteGroup shareholder with full rights to inspect detailed documents, records, and statements related to the investigation and damage control actions the company's strategic executives took late last year.
Marketing & Sales
Beyond 'Order-Taker:' Sales Evolves As A Local Business Driver
Sales associates are now expected to use their knowledge of housing data, competitive research analysis, deep local community knowledge, and local economic trends to develop marketing and sales initiatives that drive results for the company.
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New Home Star
Marketing & Sales
Discretionary Buyers — AKA Baby Boomers — Reclaim Focus
Both "younger" and "older" Baby Boom buyers in the market tend to be classic discretionary purchasers, versus adult "rental refugee" households looking to cross the Rubicon to homeownership, or ones compelled to seek larger living space due to expanding family formation.
Architecture
Today's Edge Goes To Builder Players With Time On Their Side
Despite our confidence in what we know and how certain we are of our predictions coming true, it's always uncannily the case that "time discovers truth."