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Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

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Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

A candid TBD one-on-one conversation with the top-20 ranked homebuilder's chief strategist, who believes 'politicized economics led to a bad recipe to stimulate the economy when they did.'

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

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Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

For those whose livelihoods stem from work producing homes in the housing crisis, each area of expertise looks through his or her own lens, and each assigns a different weight of importance to forces that impact that cost curve.

Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

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Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

Disparities -- directly tied to racial discrimination -- define the threshold of the 2020s. Will they define the decade?

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

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Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

As market-rate builders sweat out Fed policy agenda on managing inflation and its impact on borrowing costs, site-level risk -- from potential construction defect backsliding -- also grows.

Locked-Out Of FOMO Rush, Would-Be Buyers Delay Dreams

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Locked-Out Of FOMO Rush, Would-Be Buyers Delay Dreams

As FHA and VAA homebuyer share shrinks, a torrid market decouples from a materially-important domino-effect buyer pool. What's left is a discretionary universe of prospects with cash.

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Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

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Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

A candid TBD one-on-one conversation with the top-20 ranked homebuilder's chief strategist, who believes 'politicized economics led to a bad recipe to stimulate the economy when they did.'

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

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Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

For those whose livelihoods stem from work producing homes in the housing crisis, each area of expertise looks through his or her own lens, and each assigns a different weight of importance to forces that impact that cost curve.

Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

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Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

Disparities -- directly tied to racial discrimination -- define the threshold of the 2020s. Will they define the decade?

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

Leadership

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

As market-rate builders sweat out Fed policy agenda on managing inflation and its impact on borrowing costs, site-level risk -- from potential construction defect backsliding -- also grows.

Locked-Out Of FOMO Rush, Would-Be Buyers Delay Dreams

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Locked-Out Of FOMO Rush, Would-Be Buyers Delay Dreams

As FHA and VAA homebuyer share shrinks, a torrid market decouples from a materially-important domino-effect buyer pool. What's left is a discretionary universe of prospects with cash.

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Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

Policy 06.30.21

Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

A candid TBD one-on-one conversation with the top-20 ranked homebuilder's chief strategist, who believes 'politicized economics led to a bad recipe to stimulate the economy when they did.'

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

Policy 06.25.21

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

For those whose livelihoods stem from work producing homes in the housing crisis, each area of expertise looks through his or her own lens, and each assigns a different weight of importance to forces that impact that cost curve.

Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

Policy 06.23.21

Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

Disparities -- directly tied to racial discrimination -- define the threshold of the 2020s. Will they define the decade?

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

Leadership 06.22.21

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

As market-rate builders sweat out Fed policy agenda on managing inflation and its impact on borrowing costs, site-level risk -- from potential construction defect backsliding -- also grows.

Locked-Out Of FOMO Rush, Would-Be Buyers Delay Dreams

Policy 06.21.21

Locked-Out Of FOMO Rush, Would-Be Buyers Delay Dreams

As FHA and VAA homebuyer share shrinks, a torrid market decouples from a materially-important domino-effect buyer pool. What's left is a discretionary universe of prospects with cash.