A tag-team of interest rate run-ups and asking price-point inelasticity has made quick work of many a homebuilding strategists’ firm belief that 2021’s devilishly hard work to meet market demand would reap almost certain rewards in full-year 2022.

Among 18 of 19 publicly-traded homebuilding enterprises’ corporate organizations, exceeding 60,000 associates with median total compensation of $101,330, the back-half of 2022 and beyond promises to be harder than ever.