Margins are razor thin. Incentives are deep. Home sales velocity is shaky. The July HMI survey revealed that 38% of builders reported cutting prices in July, the highest percentage since NAHB began tracking this figure on a monthly basis in 2022,” For a growing number of homebuilding companies and their financial partners, Cecilian Partners’ Lot […]
Familiar with The Butterfly Effect? Here’s an example, taken directly from the modern, real-world, in-real-life annals of housing affordability and its most significant ongoing challenges. A few decisive minutes at a property auction, $2,000 Japanese toilets, a forward-thinking mayor, and an experienced urban developer set in motion a Butterfly Effect chain of forces that led […]
No mistaking it. Homebuilders are pulling back. They’re bracing for an iffy second half of 2025. New data from Wolfe Research’s Private Builder Survey shows June orders down 5.9% month-over-month — a sharper decline than seasonal norms. Nearly 9 in 10 private builders reported deterioration in orders in June. Average selling prices dropped 170 basis […]
DALLAS, TX — July 16, 2025 — HW Media, the parent company of HousingWire, has acquired The Builder’s Daily (TBD), the trusted editorial voice for the homebuilding industry. The acquisition marks a significant step in HW Media’s strategy to deliver market intelligence, editorial excellence and professional community across the entire housing ecosystem – from new […]
In what may be the only instance in the modern era, a city is currently operating without a zoning code to guide housing development, all because of a technicality. A missed filing deadline led a Charlottesville, VA, judge to rule against the city in a lawsuit brought last February by several homeowners challenging the first […]
The housing affordability crisis gripping the Denver MSA is not a failure of the free market. It’s not the result of greedy builders or an accident of economic fate. It’s the output of a set of deliberate choices—decades in the making—and a refusal to take seriously the math of what it takes to build homes […]
In November, New York City voters will decide not only who will be the next mayor – the headline-grabber – but also whether to take huge steps toward improving housing affordability in one of the world’s most expensive cities. The New York City Charter Revision Commission has unveiled a series of proposed amendments aimed at […]
Innovation and technology are not generally associated with production home building. Having been an executive inside a massive public home builder, I have seen firsthand the type of resistance that doing something different from the “corporate process” creates in an organization. I get it: nobody wants to upset the turnip truck. But in today’s world, […]
(Image from the left: Linda Mamet, Executive VP, Chief Marketing Officer, Tri Pointe Homes, Urmila Menon, CIO, Tri Pointe Homes, Brandon Sharp, CIO, Brookfield Residential, Stephanie McCarty, CMO, Taylor Morrison Homes … illustration Maggie Goldstone, TBD) When the market softens, smart homebuilding leaders sharpen their focus. That’s the pattern. And in 2025—a year defined by […]
The honor is well-earned. Too, the 365-day-a-year job that homebuilding leaders do, which often underlies annual “best company” recognition awards, is usually unsung. Century Communities, one of America’s top 10 homebuilders, now holds a spot on the 2025 U.S. News & World Report list of Best Companies to Work For — recognition that adds to […]
Housing advocates across the country have sought to address the shortage of affordable homes by replacing decades-old single-family zoning with policies that upzone for greater urban density. Despite growing calls for reform, comprehensive overhauls remain rare and often encounter significant political resistance. After six years of effort, the Berkeley, CA, city council approved a “middle […]
If you are a home builder in DFW, have you looked west? Have you looked at Weatherford? Most likely, you have, and you probably drew the wrong conclusion: “it’s pioneering.” That is far from the truth. As Texas continues to experience one of the fastest and most dynamic population booms in the country, savvy homebuilders […]
