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Florida-based modular builder launches expandable housing model

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West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Mesocore Modular Homes is introducing an expandable modular housing model aimed at improving affordability and disaster relief, an important issue in a state prone to devastating hurricanes.  Positioned as an affordable housing solution for both homebuyers and city leaders, planners, emergency management professionals, and resilience experts focused on addressing climate-driven risks, […]

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Why homebuilding’s R&D blind spot matters more now

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Signature Homes founder and Chairman Dwight Sandlin’s line — “nimbleness without sacrificing time and resources” — may sound like a homebuilder’s pipedream. That’s, unless you take the time to sit with what’s underneath it. In this market, “nimble” isn’t an organizational personality trait. It’s not hype; nor is it an abstraction. It’s an operational must-have.

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Florida lawmakers muscle up on a raft of new housing reforms

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One of the nation’s most aggressive housing policy reform agendas of the post-pandemic era greets Florida lawmakers as they enter their 2026 legislative session bent on improving housing affordability.​ With a coordinated set of “fix” bills, Sunshine State lawmakers want to add more muscle to the state’s workforce housing program. Proposed legislation would legalize more

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Manufactured housing gains traction, but negative stigma persists

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As the housing market prices out more and more Americans, federal lawmakers are taking a closer look at manufactured housing as a more affordable supply-side alternative to a traditional stick-built home. Nevertheless, misconceptions about new manufactured housing communities — that they are dilapidated, ugly, or unsafe — continue to beleaguer a segment of the single-family,

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Judge approves sale of 5,100 contested rent-stabilized NYC apartments

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A federal bankruptcy judge ruled to authorize the sale of 5,100 mostly rent-stabilized units in New York City in a deal that Zohran Mamdani tried to stall on the day he swore in as the new New York City mayor.​ With the decision, international real estate firm Summit Properties USA will acquire 93 buildings from

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Megatel Homes will launch crypto rewards for renters and buyers

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MegPrime, an affiliate and subsidiary of Texas-based Megatel Homes, is set to launch its digital currency, the MP Token, designed as a rewards platform that renters and homeowners can tap into as a financial path to homeownership. As an inducement to participate in the rewards MP Token program, the program will offer up to $25,000

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Homebuilder confidence dips in January despite easing mortgage rates

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Homebuilding executives are starting the new year with a downbeat view of the housing market, as buyer hesitancy, shaky consumer confidence, shrinking profit margins and elevated incentives weigh on the industry.  The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI)’s builder confidence gauge remained negative with a reading of 37, falling two

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Invitation Homes’ $89 million ResiBuilt buy brings building in-house

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Invitation Homes’ $89 million acquisition of ResiBuilt – one of homebuilding mergers and acquisitions’ 2026 table-setters – is a “small” deal that can change the rules of engagement and shift the balance of competitive power for two adjacent ecosystems. Here’s the context: Single-family rental REITs, with an exception or two, have historically been buyers of

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California weighs single-stair multifamily to ignite housing supply

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California’s emerging housing fracas over a single stairwell may become a lightning rod, affecting both building codes and capital investment in more multifamily projects in more places. California’s Fire Marshal is reportedly in the final stages of a report due this month on whether the state will allow single‑stair multifamily buildings above three stories, and

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Builders greet 2026 squeezed by policy flux and margin erosion

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By the time the homebuilding industry reaches Super Bowl LX on Sunday, Feb. 8, the stakes will be unmistakable. That date marks more than the unofficial kickoff to Spring Selling Season, for U.S. homebuilders large and small. It signals the point at which months of price capitulation, incentive layering, cost cutting, and balance-sheet triage either

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