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Tri Pointe Homes unveils its new wellness models in Utah

Architecture, homebuilder, Homebuilder Sentiment, Technology, The Builder's Daily, Utah /

Tri Pointe Homes recently announced the launch of LivingWell, a new wellness concept that expands on its LivingSmart program. The initiative is part of a multilayered strategy to enhance mental and physical health through innovative design focused on performance and human-centered approaches.  The builder started construction on a roughly 7,700-square-foot model home in Utah that […]

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NYC builds taller housing again, as state, city law reset the stage

Affordability, Affordable housing, Architecture, Housing Policy, Policy, The Builder's Daily, Zoning /

New York City is increasing housing density, though much of the early progress stems from state law changes and rezonings that predate Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration. Those moves are now starting to show up in steel and concrete, even as Mamdani advances his own housing agenda. The clearest example is in Midtown South. City officials

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Texas SB 17 has reshaped foreign capital in homebuilding

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

America’s largest homebuilders no longer just build subdivisions. Rather, they’re consolidating power. Scale is the new advantage, land is the new currency, and increasingly, ownership structure is the new danger. Foreign capital hasn’t pulled back from U.S. housing. It’s being organized. Japanese firms are building empires. Chinese-linked builders are hitting a wall. Texas, never hesitant

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Dwight Schar: the rigor that re-shaped modern homebuilding

Homebuilders, Leadership, Multifamily Housing, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

Success in homebuilding over the ages shows a rare, often counterintuitive balance between what changes in an instant and what remains timeless.  Living legends of the business – like NVR founder Dwight Schar – wise up to the fundamental role of land in housing, understanding that it holds a genomic key to homes, prices, processes,

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Housing supply summit highlights the cost of complexity

Affordability, Affordable housing, Homebuilders, Housing Demand, Leadership, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

I love Jerusalem Demsas’ “Housing Breaks People’s Brains” article in The Atlantic from November 2022. For me, it’s a trailhead for understanding why efforts and solutions aimed at the housing access and attainability crisis for so many Americans often short-circuit and fizzle before they can fix anything. Demsas’ unflinching reporting on “localism and shortage denialism”

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Ashton Woods puts pace over margin in a choppy housing market

Earnings, Homebuilders, Leadership, The Builder's Daily /

In today’s challenging homebuilding environment, builders are often presented with a lesser-of-evils choice: maintain a strong sales pace at the expense of slimmer margins, or sacrifice market share in favor of higher profitability.  Multi-regional private homebuilding powerhouse Ashton Woods chose the former, increasing its community count and maintaining its sales and closings pace, according to

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Austin council pushes new zoning laws for missing middle housing

Affordability, Affordable housing, Housing Policy, Policy, The Builder's Daily, Zoning /

Austin city lawmakers bent on ensuring the Texas capital sustains momentum in a housing supply expansion that cuts into a home shortage and slows price growth took another step last week. Thursday, the Austin City Council approved a new package of land-use changes that would accelerate construction of missing-middle housing types such as duplexes, fourplexes

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Lennar KB Home synergies could mirror the CalAtlantic playbook

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

The U.S. homebuilding industry remains more fragmented than outsiders believe, even after years of consolidation. Lennar continues to be one of the biggest builders in the country, but size alone isn’t the main factor anymore; the next advantage comes from blending operational efficiency with customer segmentation. That is why KB Home appears to be a

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Florida: In choppy 2026, one state is many homebuilding markets

Florida, Homebuilders, Marketing & Sales, New Home Sales, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

It may come as a surprise amid the noise, negativity, and volatility in today’s new-home market that Florida remains one of the most dynamic homebuilding markets in the country. The housing landscape in the nation’s third-most-populous state shares a vertiginous, bumpy near-term outlook with other Sun Belt markets. The region has been challenging for homebuilders.

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

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

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 concern over wasted lead-gen dollars in a choppy demand and rate environment. Announced March 26, 2026, the program lets homebuilders list communities on

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