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Architecture
Why Spec Homes' Success May Light A Path To Housing's Future
Dire constraints come with benefits. They may actually ignite profitably-produced affordable, sustainable, and resilient housing. Simpler and more standardized.
Architecture
Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy
Tactics and tailwinds – necessary and successful as they've been in stemming what could have been a rout from the start of 2023 – amount to this: They've bought builders time.
Technology
Why Entekra Tanked Is Relevant; But, Why It Matters Is Crucial
An exclusive TBD second-day lead and analysis of where Entekra's shocking failure casts critical questions on an array of housing innovation initiatives that have sprung up in the past five to seven years.
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."
Marketing & Sales
Demand Without Wherewithal Is Either Pent-Up Or Priced Out
The tale of the housing demand tape is invariably a function of a household's payment power proximity versus a gap whose quantifiable size is as a down payment plus monthly payment baselines.
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Architecture 06.23.23
Why Spec Homes' Success May Light A Path To Housing's Future
Dire constraints come with benefits. They may actually ignite profitably-produced affordable, sustainable, and resilient housing. Simpler and more standardized.
Architecture 05.01.23
Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy
Tactics and tailwinds – necessary and successful as they've been in stemming what could have been a rout from the start of 2023 – amount to this: They've bought builders time.
Technology 04.28.23
Why Entekra Tanked Is Relevant; But, Why It Matters Is Crucial
An exclusive TBD second-day lead and analysis of where Entekra's shocking failure casts critical questions on an array of housing innovation initiatives that have sprung up in the past five to seven years.
Architecture 03.27.23
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."
Marketing & Sales 03.02.23
Demand Without Wherewithal Is Either Pent-Up Or Priced Out
The tale of the housing demand tape is invariably a function of a household's payment power proximity versus a gap whose quantifiable size is as a down payment plus monthly payment baselines.
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