TBDLot pipeline
Land
A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023
Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.
Architecture
Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy
Tactics and tailwinds – necessary and successful as they've been in stemming what could have been a rout from the start of 2023 – amount to this: They've bought builders time.
Land
Land Deals Pivot From Fast-Forward To Pause, But For How Long?
Wait-and-see kicks into effect, with a few noteworthy walk-aways and some agreements falling through at the 11th hour. The question is how long land in limbo can last.
Land
Houston Rocket Fuel: Starwood Pairs Up With Land Tejas MPCs
As builders and their partners search and vie for visibility and predictability in early 2022, true north will point to fewer, larger mega platform master plans and land banks. Here's a case in point.
Land
Remote Control: Here's CoreLogic's 15 Hottest Cities
Will the drivers that set the tone for 2020 migration patterns continue to reshape real estate strategy beyond the near-term? Or are we in limbo?
Lot pipeline
Land 05.19.23
A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023
Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.
Architecture 05.01.23
Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy
Tactics and tailwinds – necessary and successful as they've been in stemming what could have been a rout from the start of 2023 – amount to this: They've bought builders time.
Land 08.04.22
Land Deals Pivot From Fast-Forward To Pause, But For How Long?
Wait-and-see kicks into effect, with a few noteworthy walk-aways and some agreements falling through at the 11th hour. The question is how long land in limbo can last.
Land 01.04.22
Houston Rocket Fuel: Starwood Pairs Up With Land Tejas MPCs
As builders and their partners search and vie for visibility and predictability in early 2022, true north will point to fewer, larger mega platform master plans and land banks. Here's a case in point.
Land 08.06.21
Remote Control: Here's CoreLogic's 15 Hottest Cities
Will the drivers that set the tone for 2020 migration patterns continue to reshape real estate strategy beyond the near-term? Or are we in limbo?