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Estridge launches 345-acre Millbrook MPC in West Lafayette

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Estridge Homes has broken ground on Millbrook, a 345-acre master-planned residential and mixed-use community in West Lafayette that will bring more than 1,000 new for-sale and rental homes to one of Indiana’s most active university growth corridors, the company announced. According to the April 28 announcement, Millbrook is planned for approximately […]

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State zoning preemption tested as Colorado lot bills fail

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After years of pushing housing affordability reforms, Colorado legislators hit a wall — crashing up against the limits of how much zoning control they could strip from local governments. This year, they sought to require most cities to allow single-family homes on lots as small as 2,000 square feet, about a third the size of

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Millrose Properties one-year report card, Q1 2026 earnings

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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

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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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Missouri may expand its first-time homebuyer savings tax break

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Saving for a first home in Missouri is about to get a significant tax break – with a big if – provided the state Senate’s latest housing bill makes it through the House. Senate Bill 1001 passed the Senate this spring and now sits before a House committee. The bill includes a sweeping upgrade to

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Scarcity buoyed March new home sales; builder pressures mount

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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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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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