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Why antitrust talk may be a pressure tactic — not a probe —against homebuilders

Department of Justice, Homebuilders, Housing Policy, Policy, The Builder's Daily /

A Friday-morning news report suggesting that the Trump administration is exploring an antitrust probe into U.S. homebuilders landed with its intended shock value. The implication? Washington, having rattled its saber, may be preparing to treat large builders as a concentrated market actor whose behavior is contributing to America’s housing affordability crisis. By late Friday afternoon, […]

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A spring selling eve – pre-game – note to homebuilding leaders

Consumer confidence, Homebuilder Sentiment, Homebuilders, Leadership, The Builder's Daily /

Homebuilders — many we talk with — are calling today’s selling environment one of “demand uncertainty.” The phrase is clear. Traffic is uneven. Conversions are harder to forecast. Buyers hesitate longer, ask sharper questions, and walk away more often. The label itself may quietly misdirect leadership’s attention toward forces builders cannot control — and away

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Will New York’s manufactured housing law reshape home financing?

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

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a long-awaited state law designating manufactured housing as real estate in December. In the 11 months ahead, the question is whether the newly enacted measure can deliver on its promised mortgage-style financing or stalls amid legislative rulemaking. Regulators, lenders, and manufactured housing advocates will spend this year working out

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Champion Homes beats expectations with varied product mix, brand power

Earnings, homebuilder, Manufactured Housing, Products, The Builder's Daily /

Champion Homes (SKY), a Michigan-based manufactured, modular, and mobile homes builder, posted better-than-expected results during a difficult homebuilding sales environment. Amid a challenging market, the builder is leveraging its strong reputation and continually expanding product line to grow its customer base.  Champion’s stock shot up more than 11.0% on Wednesday after the builder released better-than-expected

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Offsite building faces scalability hurdles as Builders First Source expands

Affordability, Homebuilders, Residential Real Estate, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

Offsite construction is often hailed as the panacea for housing shortages and labor constraints. In practice, it faces the realities of a cyclical, regional business. Builders who buy these companies outright often end up tying capital to rigid factories that can’t flex with demand. Recent experiences at PulteGroup and Veev make this clear. Why is

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PulteGroup to divest ICG as factory costs challenge builders

Homebuilders, Leadership, Real Estate Technology, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

It’s a classic, almost predictable homebuilding “I-told-you-so” moment. The most important thing PulteGroup told the market on its Q4 2025 earnings call wasn’t that it plans to divest ICG (Innovative Construction Group). It was why — and what that “why” implies about the hard reality homebuilders keep rediscovering across cycles: Factories love steady pull-through. Homebuilding

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Builders FirstSource acquires Pleasant Valley Homes

homebuilder, Homebuilders, Mergers and Acquisitions, The Builder's Daily /

Builders FirstSource, the largest American supplier of structural building products, quietly acquired the assets of Pennsylvania-based Pleasant Valley Homes, a wholesale manufacturer of modular homes.  Lori Conrad, Senior Director of Corporate Communications for Builders FirstSource, confirmed to The Builder’s Daily that the company acquired Pleasant Valley Homes’ assets in November at an undisclosed price. The

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Meritage holds its line as new-home demand turns inelastic

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

There’s a version of this market where “buying sales” becomes the default operating system for nearly everyone. When that happens, the question stops being whether incentives rise. They do. The real question becomes: who has the operational and balance-sheet self-control to decide where to lean in—and where to hold the line—even if it means slower

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Utah lawmakers target starter homes with lot size reform

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

Utah lawmakers opened their 2026 legislative agenda with a proposal to revive a once-bedrock fixture of the American Dream of homeownership: starter homes. By streamlining permit approvals and rezoning for smaller property lots, Beehive State legislators will try to pry open a path to first-time homeownership. The bill would reduce minimum lot sizes to encourage

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NVR’s Q4 and the value of staying land-light in a headwinds market

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

A headwinds-meets-crosswinds housing market buffets homebuilding business leaders as 2026’s spring selling stretch lies just ahead. Almost in everything, everywhere and all at once, homebuilding firms are buying sales, trying not to be among those whose inventory ages on the vine. An outlying knack for sustaining a new-order pace, defined less by price discovery and

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