Sumitomo Forestry buys Tri Pointe, resetting the arc of homebuilder scale

Sumitomo Forestry buys Tri Pointe, resetting the arc of homebuilder scale
Within a couple of weeks of exactly this time two years ago, the lead-in to a blockbuster $4.9 billion M&A deal involving a Japan-based acquirer of a national public homebuilding enterprise practically wrote itself: “A top-five-ranked U.S. homebuilding company doesn’t happen overnight…. Except when it does.” That same lead applies to 2026’s supercharged kickoff in […]

Taylor Morrison’s 2026 rebalance: romance over discounts

Demand that is awakened — lit by a flame, chasing a well-deserved dream home — is fundamentally different from demand sparked by being a rental refugee, where the walls have closed in and every monthly payment feels like a frittered-away sum that could have done more. Serving both customers today increasingly looks like operating in […]

What the Housing for the 21st Century Act means for real estate agents, lenders

If enacted, the reforms would mark one of the most aggressive federal efforts in decades to boost housing supply and market activity.