The Builder’s Daily – Cantilever Real Estate

California bills target condo deposits and defect liability

March 31, 2026 by bp56691

California lawmakers are weighing bills that would reduce regulatory barriers to revive condominium construction, which has dropped significantly from its peak in the years before the Great Recession. Assembly Bill 1406 would raise the state’s liquidated-damages limit on new condominium sales from 3% of the purchase price to 6%. Backers frame the bill as “condo […]

Lennar land bank exposure under the microscope

March 31, 2026 by bp56691

All eyes are on Lennar’s forthcoming 10-K filing, maybe as soon as Thursday, as a wave of investor questions converges around one central issue: How much financial risk – recognized or not – sits inside the company’s land-light strategy? In recent days, that question has pitched from a routine analyst inquiry into a whirlwind of […]

Austin council pushes new zoning laws for missing middle housing

March 30, 2026 by bp56691

Austin city lawmakers bent on ensuring the Texas capital sustains momentum in a housing supply expansion that cuts into a home shortage and slows price growth took another step last week. Thursday, the Austin City Council approved a new package of land-use changes that would accelerate construction of missing-middle housing types such as duplexes, fourplexes […]

Lennar KB Home synergies could mirror the CalAtlantic playbook

March 30, 2026 by bp56691

The U.S. homebuilding industry remains more fragmented than outsiders believe, even after years of consolidation. Lennar continues to be one of the biggest builders in the country, but size alone isn’t the main factor anymore; the next advantage comes from blending operational efficiency with customer segmentation. That is why KB Home appears to be a […]

Florida: In choppy 2026, one state is many homebuilding markets

March 27, 2026 by bp56691

Southwest Florida metros saw the steepest drops in 2025, led by Punta Gorda at -11.93%, as insurance and inventory weigh on demand

BuildersUpdate pay-at-closing model targets builders’ marketing risk

March 27, 2026 by bp56691

BuildersUpdate.com has rolled out a “pay upon performance” model that shifts new-home marketing costs from upfront spend to a flat fee due only when a sale closes, aiming squarely at builders’ growing concern over wasted lead-gen dollars in a choppy demand and rate environment. Announced March 26, 2026, the program lets homebuilders list communities on […]

Fort Worth growth resets the Dallas-Fort Worth housing map

March 26, 2026 by bp56691

For the past decade, Dallas-Fort Worth’s housing story has been written in bold letters along the U.S. 75 corridor – Frisco, McKinney, Plano and every patch of land north of there that could support a rooftop and a Starbucks. The northeast corner became a symbol of Texas growth: prices soared, commutes stretched and master-planned communities […]

Why modular construction fits high-cost custom markets

March 24, 2026 by bp56691

Plant Prefab says modular and panelized methods cut build time 25% to 50% and reduce waste about 40% per square foot.

Rekindling urgency: A Spring Selling 2026 homebuilders elegy

March 23, 2026 by bp56691

Show of hands. Who among us has purchased a home to live in – any home, in any place, at any price – without feeling at some point like we were on an emotional roller coaster? Anybody? Buying a home is one of those acts few would call entirely rational. For most of us, it […]

Arizona housing reform push would curb HOA, design mandates

March 22, 2026 by bp56691

After failing to turn starter-home legislation into law, Arizona lawmakers are advancing two bills that would curb local control over design standards, homeowners associations and contractor licensing – a renewed attempt to chip away at costs amid the state’s housing shortage. Lawmakers are close to passing a measure that would strip municipalities of much of […]