[Editor’s note: Wildfires in Los Angeles. Hurricanes across Florida and the Southeast. Floods, extreme heat, and severe weather events are no longer rare occurrences—they’re becoming the new normal. The homebuilding and residential development industries face an urgent reckoning: how to build homes, neighborhoods, and communities that can withstand the increasing severity of climate-related natural disasters. […]
How a Third-Generation Homebuilder Turns Data into Dollars For Fort Worth-based Riverside Homebuilders, a generational legacy is no excuse for standing still. Founded on grit, persistence, and a deep commitment to the customer, the family-led company has evolved into a top-30 Dallas-Fort Worth builder and one of the top 100 homebuilders in the U.S. With […]
The easiest way to try to discount the view I am about to share is to claim that you have seen this before. Or you can ask if I am following my own advice. To the “we-have-seen-it-crowd,” 2008 and 2020 were very different in cause and in outcome. Yet the big guys behaved the same […]
In American homebuilding, family-owned firms represent the industry’s soul. Their names dot suburban communities and rural townships alike, building not just houses but local economies, civic relationships, and lifelong reputations. These businesses, often passed from generation to generation, quietly anchor a sector increasingly dominated by national public homebuilders. Yet family succession in homebuilding today is […]
Neighborhood activists wield immense power over what gets built in their communities. Public hearings and discretionary reviews often give organized “not in my backyard” groups opportunities to delay or derail projects they oppose, frequently affordable or multifamily housing. Across the country, a growing chorus of lawmakers, urban planners, housing advocates and real estate developers has […]
One of Warren Buffett’s most-quoted investor nuggets of wisdom applies to homebuilding’s land game in a moment of flux. Be fearful when others are greedy; be greedy when others are fearful.” What he didn’t say is important: In either case, you also have to be disciplined and very smart. Meritage Homes executives – Source: Willow […]
The room will be small by design. The conversation — pointed, practical, and sometimes uncomfortable. The timing? Couldn’t be more on the nose. On May 1, in Dallas, an invited group of senior executives from homebuilding, residential development, and investment will convene at Innovative 50: Part Deux, a leadership summit curated by Why Context Is […]
[A note from editor John McManus] Every so often, news in housing breaks through the noise. Not the headlines about rate cuts, tariffs, or inflation. Not the politics of the moment. But the real story — the one that doesn’t change with the news cycle: America has a housing problem. It’s been building for decades. […]
Like much of the nation, Texas is grappling with a housing affordability crisis due to dramatic underbuilding and rising costs. Despite leading the country in new housing construction, the state’s rapid growth has outpaced supply, leaving many residents struggling to find affordable options. This challenge mirrors a national trend as cities and states across the […]
Ronny Salameh is now one of the most important strategic leaders in U.S. homebuilding, and that’s no accident. The Image source: Sumitomo North America Homebuilding: DRB Group, Bloomfield Homes, Edge Homes, MainVue Homes, and the recently absorbed Brightland Homes Build-to-Rent (BTR): Southern Impression Homes (Jacksonville-based) Land Development: Crescent Communities, Mark III Properties Supply Chain: Cabinet […]
From Silos To Seamless: The Urgency Of Interoperability When President Trump announced his sweeping new tariff regime in early April, average effective U.S. tariffs surged tenfold overnight. The move jolted global supply chains, rattled equity markets, and introduced a new wave of deep uncertainty for American businesses. For homebuilders, the timing couldn’t be worse. Already […]
What Builders Need to Start—and Stop—Doing Now The 2025 Spring Selling Season – now more than halfway through – is running on a spectrum from underperforming to sputtering. Despite healthy online and sales center traffic, more homebuyers hesitate, spooked by affordability concerns, economic whiplash, and declining consumer sentiment. Meanwhile, operational complexity is rising, and the […]
