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Ivory Prize honors solutions in a higher rate, higher risk backdrop

Affordable housing, Capital, Homebuilders, Housing Policy, HWmember, Leadership, Policy, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

The affordability crisis in American housing demands more invention, more experimentation and more scalable models to break through the chronic chokeholds of economic, building-technology, and political will. The hard truth is that, against a backdrop of a harsher-than-expected new-home sales season and a higher-for-longer interest-rate environment, the operating environment is making it harder to fund, […]

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Funding to build or buy SFR hits market as debate rages

Funding to build or buy SFR hits market as debate rages

Homebuilders, Housing markets, Politics and policy /

The creation of new homes, and for whom they are being built for, is a hot button topic in Washington today.  Processing Content On Monday night, in a social media post, President Trump called on the House of Representatives to pass the Senate version of a housing bill which impacts institutional investors’ ability to purchase

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Dream Finders goes hostile in Beazer takeover bid

Homebuilders, M&A, REALTORS & HOMEBUILDERS /

Dream Finders Homes is taking a more aggressive stance to acquire a fellow residential builder with a new proposed all-cash offer, publicizing its attempts after being rebuffed earlier this year.  Processing Content The Jacksonville, Florida-based company made the latest move for Beazer Homes on May 5, with an offer of $25.75 per outstanding share, a

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

Artificial Intelligence, Homebuilders, HWmember, Land, Proptech, Residential Real Estate, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

Warren Buffett, no stranger to the residential real estate business and to the incalculable role of homebuilding and development within it, is quoted as saying, “Valuing a business is part art and part science.” Buffett would appreciate the throughline from his broader mantra to its direct applicability to land valuation, a bulwark of any-sized homebuilding

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Builders discount more but keep prices flat while resale values slip

Existing home sales, Homebuilders, HWmember, Marketing & Sales, New Home Sales, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

Urban new-construction homes are both scarce and significantly more expensive than existing properties, even as builders lean heavily into suburban development and manage prices to meet weaker demand, according to a Q1 2026 report from Realtor.com and the National Association of Realtors. The median listing price for new-construction homes came in at $449,373 in Q1

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Millrose Properties one-year report card, Q1 2026 earnings

Capital, Earnings, Homebuilders, HWmember, Land, Private Capital, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

A year ago, when Lennar completed the spin-off of Millrose Properties into a standalone, publicly traded REIT, the sheer size, root motivation and the complex nature of the pivot ushered in an era of land-banking unlike any before. Global capital asset managers followed suit. Land-banking and asset-light or land-light business and balance sheet management began

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How AI accelerates construction draws and cuts review times

Artificial Intelligence, Construction, Construction loan, homebuilder, Homebuilders, HWmember, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

Construction project finance plays a crucial, time-sensitive role in residential construction, helping contractors, remodelers, and builders access funding draws throughout a project’s lifecycle. Historically, however, the process has been inefficient, requiring lengthy review and approval timelines that cause delays and take attention and manpower away from other important tasks.  “It’s just one of the most

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Build-to-rent explodes in Atlanta — and agents are taking notice

Affordability, Atlanta, build-for-rent, Dallas, eXp Realty, First-Time Homebuyers, Georgia, Home Prices, homebuilder, Homebuilders, Homebuyers, Homebuying, HWmember, Phoenix, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Rental Properties, Single-Family Housing, Single-Family Rentals /

No major U.S. metro area has more single-family rental (SFR) homes owned by institutional investors than Atlanta, with current totals sitting at roughly 72,000 houses — nearly doubling No. 2 Phoenix. That concentration represents about 30% of Atlanta’s single-family rental market, a share 10 times the national average, according to a new report from the

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Scarcity buoyed March new home sales; builder pressures mount

homebuilder, Homebuilders, HWmember, New Home Sales, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

New home sales at the onset of the spring selling season were higher than a year ago, but homebuilders continued to ramp up incentives and price discounts to maintain sales activity. As a result, new home prices fell to their lowest point in nearly five years during March.  There were countless headlines over the past

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Stanley Martin closes on its $221M United Homes acquisition

homebuilder, Homebuilders, HWmember, Leadership, Mergers and Acquisitions, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

Stanley Martin Homes announced on Monday that its $221 million, all-cash acquisition of United Homes Group Inc. had closed, immediately scaling its presence in several of the Southeast’s fastest-growing housing markets. With the deal, which was first announced in February, United Homes becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanley Martin, and its common stock has

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