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Voters reject housing reform in Colorado suburbs and resorts

Policy, The Builder's Daily /

Trying to improve housing affordability and ease the path of development faces many hurdles that don’t always involve lawmakers. Voters can make or break efforts through ballot measures and referendums. Colorado’s small towns and Denver suburbs have become test cases in how far “not-in-my-backyard” efforts can go. While housing affordability took center stage in New […]

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Hillwood backs new homebuilding fund as AD&C credit tightens

Builder Advisor Group, Capital, Capital Funding, Residential Real Estate, Sponsored, The Builder's Daily /

The one thing that’s unambiguous right now in residential development and new construction is that the $80-to-$100 billion homebuilders throughout the U.S. draw on to site and build the new homes they plan to sell in 2026 and each year beyond is harder to get and more expensive to finance. National Association of Home Builders

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New home price premium hits record low

Architecture, Construction, homebuilder, Homebuilders, New Home Sales, The Builder's Daily /

Monthly payments for new and existing homes are now nearly equal, amid a trend of stagnating prices and increased use of mortgage buydowns among builders.  That was one of the main findings from Realtor.com’s Q3 New Construction Report. According to the report, buyers purchasing a new home last quarter had an average mortgage payment only

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Local governments turn to AI to streamline housing development 

Artificial Intelligence, Proptech, Technology, The Builder's Daily, Zoning /

As local governments face mounting pressure to streamline the review process for residential projects, a wave of AI-driven reforms is revealing how modern tools can shave days or weeks off approvals, potentially speeding up housing development. For 15-plus years, pressure has been growing on a shrinking, aging municipal development workforce to carry a heavier, more

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Root causes: housing shortage driven by policy, not big builder concentration

Homebuilders, Housing Policy, Policy, The Builder's Daily /

I’ve been reading more articles arguing that our housing shortage is artificially created—that it’s caused by the increasing concentration of homebuilders and the decline in private homebuilders. The theory suggests that public builders are “hoarding” lots to drive prices up when they could be selling more homes and lowering prices. I initially dismissed this narrative.

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Massachusetts rent control initiative gains amid affordability push

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With an eye on New York City voters who favored housing affordability in this month’s mayoral election, Massachusetts housing advocates are optimistic they can win at the ballot box next year with statewide rent control.​ The coalition group Homes for All Massachusetts collected more than enough signatures to place a local option rent control measure

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NYC landlords sue over rent law as vacant units climb

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

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won after campaigning on expanding rent stabilization to improve housing affordability. When he becomes mayor in January, Mamdani will face a lawsuit challenging New York’s rent stabilization law. A group of New York City landlords sued, arguing that the law sets rents too low to justify spending thousands of

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Beazer Homes shifts to move-up buyers, bets on energy efficiency

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

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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When land strategy meets AI: homebuilders gain a new edge

Acres, Land, Proptech, Sponsored, The Builder's Daily /

Strategic paralysis in a buyer-stuck market If land is the lifeblood of homebuilding, then today’s land strategy is a pressure test of a company’s core strength. But how do you act when the market offers no clear signal? After a chaotic four-year stretch of feast, famine, and fiscal policy shockwaves, new-home selling has slowed into

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Illinois moves to boost housing by curbing parking mandates

Policy, The Builder's Daily, Zoning /

Eliminating or reducing parking minimums for new housing developments near public transit has become an increasingly popular policy tool for cities and states across the U.S., with the primary objective of lowering the cost of building new housing. The idea is to create walkable, transit-friendly communities that buyers and renters can better afford.​ In June,

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