Many homebuyers prioritize eco-friendly homes, actively seeking out properties equipped with renewable energy and sustainable features. They are driven by a desire for lower utility bills and a smaller climate footprint. Could it signal a decisive shift in the residential real estate market? Lennar Corp., one of the largest U.S. homebuilders, will find out in […]
When global markets flinched after President Trump’s April 2 announcement of sweeping new tariffs, the tremor hit mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital flows with force. IPOs paused. Debt deals stalled. A Reuters report notes that Klarna and Chime shelved public offerings, and eToro postponed its Wall Street roadshow. One London-based private equity firm backed […]
There are a thousand ways to describe what housing industry leaders are facing today: uncertainty, volatility, headwinds, whiplash, and chaos. However, challenges that have remained the same for years are running underneath the market swings, geopolitical shocks, and interest rate reversals. They’re structural, chronic, and can feel socked in and unsolvable. Housing affordability. Sustainability. Resiliency. […]
[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. […]
The home insurance crisis is deepening, forcing homebuilders to rethink how they design, price, and protect their homes. Rising premiums, market exits by major insurers, and climate-driven risks are reshaping affordability and, in many cases, insurability. Alan Umaly, President of Their message is clear: insurance is now a front-end issue for homebuilders, not a last-minute […]
North Carolina has been a decade-long winner in population growth. That came with a cost — a housing shortage, especially affordable housing. Tar Heel State legislators tried to end single-family zoning in 2021 to allow duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes. However, opposition from cities stalled the bill. State lawmakers are now making a run at a […]
Immigration, long a lightning rod in U.S. political debate, is more than a border story for the housing economy. It’s a workforce story. It’s a household formation story. And, increasingly, it’s a test of strategic foresight for developers, homebuilders, and housing investors trying to plan beyond the next six quarters. We’ve seen that so much […]
The Same as It Ever Was? Higher-for-longer. More volatile-for-longer. More unstable-for-longer.” One year ago today, we wrote those words in The Builder’s Daily. They served as a filter through which to absorb Jamie Dimon’s 2024 shareholder letter. And today, in the wake of President Trump’s April 2025 tariff blitz and a still-tight, fragile housing and […]
Homebuilding innovation is all the rage these days. Everyone’s got a hot take —some swear by AI-powered hammers, others dream of houses that 3D-print themselves overnight. But if you ask where the real breakthroughs are happening, you’ll hear a lot about technology, off-site construction, foldable homes, new materials, and, of course, the occasional billionaire trying […]
The silver lining in any time of upheaval is always the people. Markets may roil. Forecasts may fumble. Trade policy might rewrite what we thought we knew about global supply chains, pricing, and risk. And yet, in the middle of that storm, you find people like Wanda Headley: clear-eyed, consistent, courageous, and committed. Later this […]
A battle is brewing in Nashville over efforts to alter zoning to allow missing middle housing. Growing opposition is playing a familiar tune. Protect our neighborhoods.” Earlier this year, Metro Nashville Planning released its draft of Image source: Housing And Infrastructure Study, Nashville Median-income households earning $100,000 a year can afford homes in only 9% […]
How do you define (and measure) wellness? And what does it really mean for real estate? At every housing industry event since the COVID-19 pandemic, leading voices have spoken about the growing importance of wellness to housing choice. Ever since “improves my health and wellness” popped up as the top motivator for people choosing certain […]
