Scale is now table stakes for private builders, Eastwood proves it

Scale is now table stakes for private builders, Eastwood proves it

Scale is now table stakes for private builders, Eastwood proves it Skip to content © 2006-2026 HW Media, LLC. All rights reserved.Powered by WordPress VIP What’s New? Updated 3 hours ago LatestYour... Read more »
AI agent aims to reshape how builders screen sites, spot deal risk

AI agent aims to reshape how builders screen sites, spot deal risk

AI agent aims to reshape how builders screen sites, spot deal risk Skip to content © 2006-2026 HW Media, LLC. All rights reserved.Powered by WordPress VIP What’s New? Updated 9 hours ago... Read more »
Builders Don’t Have a Rate Problem, They Have a Reliability Problem

Builders Don’t Have a Rate Problem, They Have a Reliability Problem

Builders Don’t Have a Rate Problem, They Have a Reliability Problem Skip to content © 2006-2026 HW Media, LLC. All rights reserved.Powered by WordPress VIP What’s New? Updated 2 hours ago LatestYour... Read more »
BuildersUpdate pay-at-closing model targets builders’ marketing risk

BuildersUpdate pay-at-closing model targets builders’ marketing risk

BuildersUpdate.com has rolled out a “pay upon performance” model that shifts new-home marketing costs from upfront spend to a flat fee due only when a sale closes, aiming squarely at builders’ growing... Read more »
Local investors outpace builders in delivering starter homes

Local investors outpace builders in delivering starter homes

The report argues that the nation’s housing affordability challenge is tied not only to the number of homes available but also to the limited supply of entry-level properties accessible to first-time buyers.... Read more »
Builders gut check what buyers may like vs. what they’ll pay for

Builders gut check what buyers may like vs. what they’ll pay for

As home sizes shrink and a new mega-generation ages into the homebuying market, homebuilders may have to rethink certain aspects of home design.  With affordability the main issue for buyers, builders are... Read more »
Builders started 2026 with margin pressure, then came Iran war risk

Builders started 2026 with margin pressure, then came Iran war risk

Making less money but making steady headway may be a crude way to boil down what early 2026 was looking like for many homebuilding business leaders. Public homebuilder execs were not discussing... Read more »
What war risk could mean for builders, rates and spring demand in 2026

What war risk could mean for builders, rates and spring demand in 2026

Nature abhors a vacuum and does something about it. Homebuilders, their business and channel partners, their investors and lenders and their customers abhor uncertainty. But what can and will they do about... Read more »
Builders engineer payments, not prices — LGI results highlight why

Builders engineer payments, not prices — LGI results highlight why

We intended to dig into LGI Homes’ fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings last week. Then the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders’ Show happened in Orlando, and the days became a... Read more »
Smaller, Smarter, and Outdoor-Oriented: How Builders Are Adapting to Changing Buyer Tastes

Smaller, Smarter, and Outdoor-Oriented: How Builders Are Adapting to Changing Buyer Tastes

As affordability challenges and demographic shifts impact what is desirable and attainable for homebuyers, builders are quietly reshaping what the “typical” home looks like in America. New data from the National Association... Read more »