Latest Updates Around The World
Oregon last year rewrote the rules for one of the oldest and cheapest housing types: single-occupancy housing. As part of a broader housing reform, lawmakers — with little fanfare — passed a law that gave single-occupancy housing legal status after years of SROs being considered zoning ordinances and bans allowed due to safety and health […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is using her final year in office to champion a major housing package focused on a new tax credit for affordable housing. The proposal is intended to boost construction for working- and middle-class Michiganders, who are increasingly being priced out of many communities. To do this, she wants to remove regulatory barriers […]
Last quarter, Hovnanian enterprises posted weak results and reported a net loss causing its share price (HOV) to collapse. Three months later, the company appears to have recovered as it implements a strategic change, but warning signs remain. Hovnanian Enterprises, the parent company of K. Hovnanian Homes, exceeded Wall Street expectations by reporting net income […]
As you walked the aisles at this year’s International Builders Show, you could feel it. There was no panic. It wasn’t euphoria. It was something in between: a cautious optimism that maybe, just maybe, the worst is behind us. Traffic anecdotes sounded a little better. Some builders spoke of more stable sales activity in January. […]
A delayed release of new home sales in December showed a slight increase in 2025 from a year earlier, but average sales prices for new homes fell due to a challenging homebuilding market weighed down by cost cuts, increased incentives and a slower-than-expected pace of sales. “New home sales ended 2025 on a mixed but […]
As I wrote last November, I’m increasingly concerned that the discussion about housing affordability and interest rates is obscuring our larger problem. A lack of job growth in the industries that buy our homes. I asked AI to update and elaborate on those thoughts. Here is the AI answer (Note: What follows is AI-generated content): […]
While the national vacancy figures hang around 7%real estate managers are under pressure to differentiate themselves, retain residents and operate more efficiently – all at the same time. These pressures come together in the first 30 days of a lease. If the move goes well, it builds trust, reduces friction and lays the foundation for […]
The number of single-family homes increased in December, but fell by about 7.0% year-over-year through 2025. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), new home construction is expected to remain relatively flat this year, but could rebound in 2027 as mortgage rates lower and pent-up demand enters the housing market. Census data released […]
Here’s something I’ve been thinking about in my head as we make our way to Spring Selling 2026 – something that seems especially relevant to homebuilders and any functional leader trying to steer a company through a tougher, noisier, and more skeptical marketplace: If your marketing only works when everything goes well, it’s not a […]
Within a few weeks, right around this time two years ago, the lead-up to a blockbuster $4.9 billion M&A deal involving a Japan-based acquirer of a national public housing company virtually wrote itself: “A top-five U.S. homebuilding company doesn’t happen overnight… Except when it does.” That same edge applies to 2026’s strong kickoff in homebuilding […]
