Builders often talk about “uncertainty” as if it were a temporary fog that had to clear eventually. Rates will decline, the Fed will pivot, pent-up demand will return, migration will pick up again, and the longstanding pattern of structural underbuilding will resume. The idea that the industry’s biggest risks come from the outside—and that the […]
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Beazer Homes announced the appointment of Howard Heckes as a new independent member of the company’s 10-person board of directors, along with the retirement of board member Danny Shepherd. Heckes has extensive experience in the building materials and services industry and is currently a member of the board of directors of James Hardie Industries, a
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For Toll Brothers, whose enviable core customers are ones whose financial wherewithal effectively shields them from worries about high prices and high interest rates, the question is not “can they buy?” It’s will they? And will they buy now? “America’s Luxury Homebuilder” continues to rely on its move-up, active adult, and luxury segments — and
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The debate over the large builders’ elevated use of mortgage buydowns — and the potential risks to buyers — isn’t new. Reigniting the argument, a recent report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) asserts that mortgage buydowns among the large builders are artificially inflating new home prices, therefore creating a risk for buyers in the
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As major builders like D.R. Horton and Tri Pointe Homes trim new home starts to protect margins, Beazer Homes is taking a page out of Lennar’s playbook. Beazer’s Q4 earnings call reveals a builder determined to sustain a robust sales pace, even as it navigates a lower-margin reality driven by a spec-heavy approach and increased
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Most home improvement contractors are still optimistic about the future of the market, but headwinds such as material costs and reined-in consumer spending are weighing down expectations. The Q3 Contractor Activity Tracker, released by The Farnsworth Group and Home Improvement Research Institute, found that home improvement contractors are less optimistic than they were a year
He wasn’t complaining.He wasn’t catastrophizing.He was being honest. A homebuilding CEO — one of the dozens who write privately in moments of candor — put it this way: “We are far from solving the problem… margins will be in the 18% range if things go well.” Then came the real admission, the one that strips
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