The Builder’s Daily – Page 26 – Cantilever Real Estate

How a state bar filing could derail a California upzoning plan

January 27, 2026 by bp56691

The latest “not in my backyard” tactic in California’s local zoning disputes and state housing law battles? Filing a complaint with the state bar association. A case in point: An attorney who failed in an effort to derail a Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., upzoning lodged a complaint with the California State Bar about a March […]

Policy clash: how two housing policies blend to price out millions

January 26, 2026 by bp56691

It goes with the insanity of today’s U.S. housing affordability crisis that two rights can make a wrong. Two federal policies — each designed to lower the lifetime operating cost of owning a home — can instead combine to raise the barrier to entry so high that millions of households never get through the front […]

California housing reform faces new test as LA Metro resists transit zoning law

January 23, 2026 by bp56691

California has become a test lab for housing reform. The state stands as an ongoing experiment-in-process for how far lawmakers will go to legalize the development of more homes and how hard local officials and neighborhood activists will fight to stop it. The latest flashpoint struck on Thursday, as the Los Angeles transit agency board […]

Digging into how an institutional investor ban would play out

January 22, 2026 by bp56691

Trump’s executive order attempts to block large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, but there is a carve out for BTR.

What D.R. Horton’s dominance means for every U.S. homebuilder

January 21, 2026 by bp56691

We’ve said it before. When D.R. Horton reports its quarterly earnings, what you’re watching isn’t just the scoreboard of America’s largest homebuilder. You’re watching a business model operating at a different altitude — and with different oxygen — than almost every other homebuilding enterprise in the country. And when it performs, the implications go far […]

Pennsylvania bill targets local curbs on shared housing

January 21, 2026 by bp56691

A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers wants to scrap local limits on shared living in a move that could reopen the door to boarding houses, single-room occupancy buildings, and other shared housing statewide. House Bill 2109 – with support from seven state legislators signing on sponsor a committee vote – would bar municipalities from using zoning […]

Florida-based modular builder launches expandable housing model

January 20, 2026 by bp56691

Mesocore launches an expandable modular home in Florida, offering affordable entry-level options and rapid disaster relief solutions.

Why homebuilding’s R&D blind spot matters more now

January 20, 2026 by bp56691

Signature Homes founder and Chairman Dwight Sandlin’s line — “nimbleness without sacrificing time and resources” — may sound like a homebuilder’s pipedream. That’s, unless you take the time to sit with what’s underneath it. In this market, “nimble” isn’t an organizational personality trait. It’s not hype; nor is it an abstraction. It’s an operational must-have. […]

Florida lawmakers muscle up on a raft of new housing reforms

January 20, 2026 by bp56691

One of the nation’s most aggressive housing policy reform agendas of the post-pandemic era greets Florida lawmakers as they enter their 2026 legislative session bent on improving housing affordability. With a coordinated set of “fix” bills, Sunshine State lawmakers want to add more muscle to the state’s workforce housing program. Proposed legislation would legalize more […]

Manufactured housing gains traction, but negative stigma persists

January 19, 2026 by bp56691

Manufactured housing is part of federal efforts to improve affordability, but negative stigmas continue to impact the industry.