In business, executives often spend months modeling synergies, forecasting EBITDA improvements, and calculating cost savings. Yet the factor most likely to determine whether a merger, acquisition, or integration succeeds rarely appears in a spreadsheet: culture. The homebuilding industry offers a useful example. A structured, process-driven builder such as Beazer Homes and a more entrepreneurial organization […]

Southern Land Company has launched an in-house mortgage division, SLC Lending, as the Nashville-based developer looks to tighten control of the homebuying process across its master-planned and single-family communities. The move, announced by the company, extends Southern Land’s vertically integrated model beyond land planning, development, construction and property management into mortgage origination. It comes as […]

Credit conditions for residential land acquisition, development and construction (AD&C) loans tightened again in the first quarter, but at the slowest pace in four years, according to a National Association of Home Builders analysis released Friday. The NAHB’s net easing index for builder and developer credit came in at -2.7 in the first quarter of […]

The House posted amended ROAD to Housing Act text that keeps a ban on investors owning 350-plus homes from buying more single-family properties, but adds carve-outs for build-to-rent and renovate-to-rent. The House version also removes a proposed 7-year sell-off rule for new BTR communities, with a floor vote expected next week and Senate prospects unclear.

MegPrime launched a rent payment rewards program that returns 2% on any property when paid in MP token, and 10% to 20% at partner communities. About 200,000 units are enrolled, and the company plans a national rollout.

The affordability crisis in American housing demands more invention, more experimentation and more scalable models to break through the chronic chokeholds of economic, building-technology, and political will. The hard truth is that, against a backdrop of a harsher-than-expected new-home sales season and a higher-for-longer interest-rate environment, the operating environment is making it harder to fund, […]