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Here is an interesting article noting that publicly traded home builders have surpassed private builders in market share for the first time. However, it is crucial to recognize the ongoing value that private builders bring to the housing industry. Their ability to...

Spring 2025 housing offers buyers more options. Key trends include increased rental inventory pushing concessions to 8.5%, leading renters to delay home purchases. Builders heavily rely on incentives (closing cost assistance, rate buydowns), now offered on 75% of...

Toll Brothers missed Q1 profit expectations, posting $177.7M ($1.75 per share) due to impairments and delayed asset sales. However, contracted home sales increased by 13% year-over-year, demonstrating resilience, particularly in the luxury market, where 26% of buyers...

These are interesting times in which we live. This article talks about the “unwinding” of the remote workplace, specifically when people are employed in another city from the one where their employer resides. Most acquired the property with a favorable mortgage rate,...

The Trump 2.0 policy shift is already impacting the housing market. According to NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz, regulatory changes, tariffs, and tax policy will shape the 2025 real estate outlook. Home sales hit a 30-year low (4.06M in 2024), while the inventory...

Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada have been delayed for at least a month but, if implemented, would likely increase the cost of homebuilding in the short term. According to Zonda principal Todd Tomalak, new tariffs on key construction materials—such as...