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Arbor Homes’ low-$200s Arrival Series battles the affordability gap

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Arbor Homes, a subsidiary of Clayton, is leaning into its Arrival Series to offer entry-level buyers a home in the low $200s, addressing the growing U.S. affordability gap.  The Indianapolis-based homebuilder recently introduced the Arrival Series to the Louisville market, with detached homes available starting at $199,995. The homes, located in a community in the […]

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A tale of two M&As: DFH’s hostile bid sharpens homebuilder tiers

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While Wall Street waits to see if and when Dream Finders Homes returns with a sweeter bid after Beazer Homes’ board rejected its third unsolicited takeover proposal, another provocative question may be lurking across the sector. What if Dream Finders’ hostile move this week did more than put Beazer in play? What if it exposed

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Inside QXO’s growth plan after $30.2 billion acquisition spree

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Less than a month after announcing its pending TopBuild for $17 billion, QXO’s business strategists outlined plans to integrate the company into its platform, drive higher profitability and accelerate organic growth across the combined business. On Monday, QXO released an investor Q&A document that detailed the company’s growth strategy, as the Brad Jacobs-backed firm plans

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

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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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Inside the 2026 housing market outlook: Key trends shaping homebuilders, capital and strategy

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The 2026 housing market is entering a new phase, shaped less by structural constraints and more by external forces influencing buyer confidence. At this year’s annual Forum for Housing Executives, hosted by Builder Advisor Group and Avila Real Estate Capital, more than 80 C-level leaders gathered to assess the housing market trends for 2026 and

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The Gathering takeaway: how Olivia Clarke Homes wins in DFW

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The story of American homebuilding is mostly one of bootstrapped businesses. They mostly get forged in hard circumstances, with a single, almost instantaneous reckoning that there are no shortcuts to success … or even to being around in five years, fighting to achieve it. It requires leaders willing to take risks across land, capital, construction,

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Stanley Martin closes on its $221M United Homes acquisition

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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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View Homes: new division presidents in Colorado and San Antonio

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Ben Harris and Michael Copeland have joined View Homes as division presidents for Colorado and San Antonio, respectively, while Alyson Benn has been named vice president of corporate marketing, the Builder 100 homebuilder announced Monday. The appointments, effective in May, expand the Colorado Springs-based builder’s senior leadership across two key operating divisions and corporate marketing,

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KB Home CFO Robert Dillard to resign this month

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KB Home Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert R. “Rob” Dillard will step down from his role effective May 8, 2026, the Los Angeles-based homebuilder disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29. Dillard’s departure is “not related to any disagreement with KB Home or its

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Clayton CrossMod single-section missing middle housing launches

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“Try a lot of new things. Keep what works.” This has been an operational mantra at Clayton for more than a decade, inspired by Chairman and CEO Kevin Clayton’s embrace of the Japanese principle of kaizen – constant, patient, humble, unrelenting improvement. That ethos – more discipline than buzzword, more practice than promise – frames

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