Single-family housing starts fell in April, but multifamily gained momentum
April housing starts rose 4.6% year over year while single-family starts fell 2.4%, and new home inventory declined 4.6% from last year.
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HUD urges states to cut fees, simplify codes and fast-track permits
HUD urges fee caps, code limits, and faster permits, citing over $100,000 in regulatory costs per new single-family home.
AI-powered data remaps builders’ landbuying art and science
Prophetic updated SiteAI to automate parcel yield studies and generate zoning compliant site plans in minutes. The update adds more realistic layouts, lot dimensions, and topography insights including flood zones and wetlands.
Inside QXO’s growth plan after $30.2 billion acquisition spree
QXO detailed plans to integrate TopBuild and boost growth to $50B revenue in an investor Q&A. The company plans to grow revenue by scaling acquisitions, expanding cross-selling and improving operational efficiency across its building products platform.
Policy uncertainty takes center stage as AMH reports revenue gains
AMH reported record spring leasing activity, 2.8% year-over-year revenue growth, and 95.1% occupied days in Q1 2026. Executives said Section 901 has paused BTR capital, prompting fewer starts and lowering 2026 deliveries guidance.
Thomas James Homes’ new CEO details the firm’s go-forward plan
New CEO Steve Schlageter says Thomas James Homes will keep prioritizing premium single-lot infill where demand is steady and supply is limited. TJH is strengthening operations in current markets and expects growth to accelerate in 2027 to 2029.
The Gathering takeaway: how Olivia Clarke Homes wins in DFW
The story of American homebuilding is mostly one of bootstrapped businesses. They mostly get forged in hard circumstances, with a single, almost instantaneous reckoning that there are no shortcuts to success … or even to being around in five years, fighting to achieve it. It requires leaders willing to take risks across land, capital, construction, […]
Green Brick leverages industry-leading margins to drive optionality
Green Brick Partners posted a 28.9% Q1 2026 gross margin as incentives rose to 10.1% and Trophy backlog reached 40%.
KB Home CFO Robert Dillard to resign this month
KB Home Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert R. “Rob” Dillard will step down from his role effective May 8, 2026, the Los Angeles-based homebuilder disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29. Dillard’s departure is “not related to any disagreement with KB Home or its […]
Clayton CrossMod single-section missing middle housing launches
“Try a lot of new things. Keep what works.” This has been an operational mantra at Clayton for more than a decade, inspired by Chairman and CEO Kevin Clayton’s embrace of the Japanese principle of kaizen – constant, patient, humble, unrelenting improvement. That ethos – more discipline than buzzword, more practice than promise – frames […]