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Land
It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different
Prices for it are high; multiple bidders for it strive to control it and build on it; borrowing costs to finance it are high, time-value-of-money costs for entitlement, permitting, etc. are running longer and longer, and ... "they're not making it anymore" has become "they're making less."
Land
Here's Homebuilding Data Guru Jody Kahn On The '24 Land Sweeps
Homebuilders are stoked about better-than-expected demand that arrived ahead of schedule in 2024. For many of them, it's supply -- particularly lot supply -- that represents the red flag risk ahead.
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
Poised To Pounce: If Credit Tightens, Get Ready For A Run
Here's the way 10 public homebuilding firms' strategists coyly position themselves to jump on new market share and earnings opportunities through the end of 2023 and into 2024, by drawing on troves of 'dry powder.'
Land
Return-To-Work Measures May Stress-Test Wider-Radius Theory
In early Covid time, outer ring opportunity called like it was the Next Big Thing in residential planning and development. With the verdict still out on remote work, some bets are in question.
Land constraint
Land 05.29.24
It's Always About Land In Homebuilding, But Now It's Different
Prices for it are high; multiple bidders for it strive to control it and build on it; borrowing costs to finance it are high, time-value-of-money costs for entitlement, permitting, etc. are running longer and longer, and ... "they're not making it anymore" has become "they're making less."
Land 03.05.24
Here's Homebuilding Data Guru Jody Kahn On The '24 Land Sweeps
Homebuilders are stoked about better-than-expected demand that arrived ahead of schedule in 2024. For many of them, it's supply -- particularly lot supply -- that represents the red flag risk ahead.
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 08.02.23
Poised To Pounce: If Credit Tightens, Get Ready For A Run
Here's the way 10 public homebuilding firms' strategists coyly position themselves to jump on new market share and earnings opportunities through the end of 2023 and into 2024, by drawing on troves of 'dry powder.'
Land 04.11.22
Return-To-Work Measures May Stress-Test Wider-Radius Theory
In early Covid time, outer ring opportunity called like it was the Next Big Thing in residential planning and development. With the verdict still out on remote work, some bets are in question.