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Land
Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend
To feed the machine, public, private, large, medium, or small builders need lots out ahead of them. To keep that machine hungry, builders need those lots to pencil in an environment that's getting tougher and tougher for a larger and larger portion of would-be home buyers.
Land
A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023
Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.
Land
Housing's Environment Has Changed. How Will We Adapt?
Our housing markets across the country have been rapidly changing and if we don’t change to keep pace, we risk being the proverbial frog in boiling water.
Leadership
Here's How Agility Can Work As Uncertainty Enfolds What's Next
"We're going to continue to be agile, collaborate, and move quicker and faster than we have before so that we can take advantage of whatever opportunities present themselves in this market. But we'll also properly manage the risks that are still evident as well." -- Meritage ceo Phillippe Lord
Land
'23 Plans That Bet Too Heavily On Hybrid Work May Need A Rethink
The future of hybrid and remote work may have arrived ahead of schedule, thanks to COVID-19, but it's not as pretty, buttoned-up, or the sure bet many in residential real estate investment and development are making it out to be.
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Land 10.04.23
Beyond The 'What-Inning-Is-It?' Question: 2024-'25 Land-Spend
To feed the machine, public, private, large, medium, or small builders need lots out ahead of them. To keep that machine hungry, builders need those lots to pencil in an environment that's getting tougher and tougher for a larger and larger portion of would-be home buyers.
Land 05.19.23
A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023
Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.
Land 03.01.23
Housing's Environment Has Changed. How Will We Adapt?
Our housing markets across the country have been rapidly changing and if we don’t change to keep pace, we risk being the proverbial frog in boiling water.
Leadership 02.07.23
Here's How Agility Can Work As Uncertainty Enfolds What's Next
"We're going to continue to be agile, collaborate, and move quicker and faster than we have before so that we can take advantage of whatever opportunities present themselves in this market. But we'll also properly manage the risks that are still evident as well." -- Meritage ceo Phillippe Lord
Land 01.10.23
'23 Plans That Bet Too Heavily On Hybrid Work May Need A Rethink
The future of hybrid and remote work may have arrived ahead of schedule, thanks to COVID-19, but it's not as pretty, buttoned-up, or the sure bet many in residential real estate investment and development are making it out to be.