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DRB Group and Sumitomo Forestry mark a 10-year arc of growth

“Top-five-ranked U.S. homebuilding companies don’t happen overnight. Except when they do. These two lines almost wrote themselves in early 2024 when Sekisui House skyrocketed into the top tier of U.S. homebuilding with its $4.9 billion acquisition of MDC Holdings. Sumitomo Forestry’s announced $4.5 billion acquisition of Tri Pointe Homes closed last week, triggering a similar […]

Kevelyn Guzman on leadership, growth and navigating change

Kevelyn Guzman, 2024 Woman of Influence and Regional Vice President at Coldwell Banker Warburg, shares leadership insights on trusting your instincts, navigating uncertainty and supporting agents through change in today’s real estate market.

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.

Study: Bipartisan Social Security plan to borrow and invest unlikely to pay off

The assessment was critical of a plan championed by Sens. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, and Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat.

Fault lines surface as projects tap California’s CEQA exemption law

Last July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark law shielding apartment and residential projects from lengthy environmental review processes to boost the state’s housing supply and improve affordability. It’s working – but not without a fight. Developers wasted no time seizing the opportunity. A growing list of housing developments are securing exemptions from reviews […]

Ginnie Mae’s Joseph Gormley sounds the alarm on ‘risk-layered’ FHA portfolios

Ginnie Mae removed TPP loans from delinquency counts, expects cures to improve and ramps up loan-level transfers to boost liquidity.