Products
T-Time Ticking? Ken Pinto's Q4 Homebuilding Commodities Report
With end-of-year price hikes looming, homebuilders are pushing back harder than ever on material costs. Sharpened cost-control strategies, from commodity tracking to supplier negotiations, will be critical as builders brace for supply chain and demand-driven price shifts.
Products
LP Readies Entekra Closure As A Footnote, Hewing To Core Skills
Entekra will not be the last of casualties among building technology ground-breakers scrambling now for a nearer horizon of profitability versus a bluer sky of promise to impact transformation, affordability, sustainability, and resiliency and the like.
Wellness & The Built Environment
Financial Well-Being, A New Frontier In Housing Opportunity
Financial well-being stands out as the least discussed and understood of the worries and pain-points among 3,000 respondents of Wave 3 of the America At Home Study.
Together with
Kohler
Products
The Great Western Water Rush Of 2020s Era Residential Real Estate
Water supplies for drinking, agriculture, residential, and commercial use are already a "gorilla in the room" issue in planning, zoning, and land-use permitting and approvals meetings in these states and beyond.
Together with
Kohler
Products
Lowe's, Home Depot Deepen Reach Into Big Builder Solutions
Jockeying for position among homebuilders now -- as builders look to arbitrage suppliers for quick and lasting cost cutting opportunity -- pro dealer giants may presage a more strategic role as a capability solution beyond the downturn.
Together with
Constellation Homebuilder Systems
Leadership
A Basics Approach To Winning New Orders, Keeping Backlogs Secure
Architecture, value engineering, marketing, construction operations, finance, and sales kick into remedial action to evolve product to lower ASPs without harming new neighborhood value.