The Builder’s Daily – Page 9 – Cantilever Real Estate

Berkshire’s Clayton adds McGuinn Homes to Mungo as scale race widens

July 1, 2026 by bp56691

Clayton Home Building Group confirmed that its Southeast U.S. powerhouse operator, Mungo Homes has acquired Columbia, S.C.-based McGuinn Homes, a four-decade-old regional builder whose rise in HousingWire’s Homebuilder Rankings reflected a carefully executed growth strategy centered on attainable homeownership, disciplined operations and customer focus. In announcing the acquisition, Clayton described the combination as built on […]

California November ballot: a billionaire tax and new local tax limits

July 1, 2026 by bp56691

California has long been synonymous with high taxes, but new fights over who will pay them are exposing a sharper fault line. The state increasingly reaches for “tax the rich” tools to fund housing and social programs, while anti-tax forces try to constrain those same tools. California’s tax fight is unfolding under a national spotlight. […]

Newsom signs balanced budget with $1.7B locked-in for housing

June 30, 2026 by bp56691

This time last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a state budget that included sweeping housing reforms that allowed urban residential developers to avoid rigorous environmental reviews. This year’s budget, which Newsom signed on Monday, does not carry the same historic housing reforms as last year. Instead, it is historic for balancing the budget. “For […]

Why Carlisle Companies targets Owens Corning for an M&A combo

June 30, 2026 by bp56691

A WSJ report said Carlisle has made repeated unsolicited bids to buy Owens Corning for well over $10B. Owens Corning has not entered meaningful talks, but the attempt highlights accelerating consolidation among building products players.

DeSantis signs Live Local 4.0 housing reform into Florida law

June 29, 2026 by bp56691

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act on Friday, cementing the state’s commitment to building affordable housing. House Bill 1389 takes effect July 1. It extends state preemption of local zoning rules and closes a loophole that local governments used to discriminate against affordable housing projects with relative impunity. Since […]

The ROAD Act and the 26.4% regulatory cost stack on new homes

June 29, 2026 by bp56691

While Washington waits to see whether the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act becomes law by presidential signature, by inaction, by override, or not at all, homebuilders and developers already know the issue at stake does not wait. Here’s how regulatory cost adds up as a chokehold – not a theoretical – in the new-home […]

Midwestern markets emerge as hotspots for rental momentum

June 29, 2026 by bp56691

A new report from Cavan Companies adds to a growing body of research identifying the Midwest as a leading region for rental housing returns and rent growth.

Homebuilding scale emerges as a fiduciary priority for boards

June 26, 2026 by bp56691

A question has hovered over America’s publicly traded homebuilders as the price, pace and margins plot thickened on or about February 28, 2026. How big is big enough anymore, especially with the cloud of uncertainty that intensified on the day the Iran War began? Taylor Morrison Home Corp.‘s recently filed proxy statement, detailing the process […]

KB Home Q2 2026 earnings point to scale vs execution debate

June 25, 2026 by bp56691

Homebuilding’s mid-year public company earnings season is now looking through the prism of the back half of 2026. Each of the sector’s players had better have put themselves in a good position for some heavy lifting and outperformance, rather than lugging around a forgettable first half. In that light, it’s welcome news that one of […]

Young buyers are priced out in most U.S. metros, Pew data shows

June 25, 2026 by bp56691

Buying a first home has gotten materially harder for young adults in most major U.S. metros since 2019, as home values have far outpaced income gains and higher mortgage rates push monthly payments out of reach, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of American Community Survey data. The study focuses on households headed […]