Capital

With $85 Million Buy Of 80% Of Southern Impression Homes, Gehan Kickstarts M&A

With signals pointing in two opposite directions, long-term players with cash in hand get more value for the dollar as they secure capability to explode once mojo returns to housing's wider market.

Land

As Builders' Credit Market Shrinks, A Stopgap Capital Source Opens

"The capital becomes available for builders to move projects along that they might otherwise have to let languish because they can't tap cash to progress it into their pipeline." - Tony Avila, CEO-founder Builder Advisor Group

Marketing & Sales

Process Of Elimination: How The Next Fed Rate Hike May Hit Buyers

Fed hikes and higher borrowing costs siphon both consumer households and commercial investor-lenders from the market. Within the past 2 weeks, underwriting for 1x1 existing home acquisitions for SFR went dark.

Capital

Throughput Delays Crush Private Homebuilders' Cashflow

As constructus interruptus disrupts building cycles, privately capitalized operators hold little leverage for continued access to lines of credit, construction-to-perm loans, and project financing.