Lennar Chairman Talks About Innovation
Lennar’s embrace of transformational use of technology to drive its business forward became clear to audiences of Hive last fall as Lennar CEO Stuart Miller, a Hive dean, demonstrated ways that data would change local and enterprise decision-making and resource allocation from top to bottom.
Your Listings may not be on Zillow
I recently learned that Zillow is not publishing my new home listings if the builder builds more than 150 homes a year. Its motivation is to have builders sign up for its Promoted Communities service, which Zillow covertly launched in early 2016.
New Home Sales Explode Higher: Biggest Monthly Jump in 25 Years
Earlier last week, ZeroHedge discussed that US personal savings tumbled to the lowest since 2007, and now they can also conclude that one of the things Americans splurged on last month was New Homes,
Comp. Listing Issues
Comparable listings help appraisers support home values in a rising market but, beware – if not done correctly, you could have a very unhappy buyer on your hands. MLS rules require agents to report sales of all homes listed in MLS and some buyers will object. Fourteen percent (14%) of all homes listed in MLS […]
Home Sales up, Prices Down in TX
Home is where the Dog is!
Among millennials who have never purchased a home, 42% say that their dog – or the desire to have one – is a key factor in their desire to buy a home in the future, suggesting dogs will also influence purchase decisions of potential first-time home buyers.
Fastest Growing Suburbs
What are the fastest growing suburbs in the US?
Built for Who?
What trends are catering to the newest generation of homeowners & how are homebuilders changing to meet their needs?
The Green Home Premium
A new study from The University of Texas at Austin and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) found that new homes built to a LEED standard for energy-efficiency are worth more in resale value than homes without green features. “The Value of LEED Homes in the Texas Real Estate Market: A Statistical Analysis of Resale […]
Death of the Suburb!
There’s no shortage of articles and information written about the Millennial generation. This much hyped and scrutinized demographic have a unique influence on just about all aspects of life, but perhaps none more surprising than the re-urbanization happening across the country. Currently more than 80% of the US population resides in urban areas, up from 50% in the 1920’s and 66% in the 1960’s. The urbanization of America has always been a gradual process but now it’s accelerating faster than ever.