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Institutional investors, higher material costs lead to rising home prices
Homebuyers may think prices are rising and supply is dwindling because of low interest rates and increasing demand. But...
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Lennar makes giant bet on single-family rentals
One of the country’s largest homebuilders is making a giant bet on the single-family rental market. Lennar is launching...
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Lumber prices at record highs thanks to hot housing market
Lumber prices are rising to record prices, signaling that 2021 could be another strong year for homebuilding. Lumber prices...
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“The home used to be just shelter. Now it is the hub of our entire lives”: Lennar reports strong Q4, full-year results
Instead of spending on restaurants and movies, Americans’ funds went toward initial home purchases and upgrading to better homes. That is among the reasons...
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Single-family home sales dip in October, but up 41% from last year
Sales of new, single-family homes ebbed last month, but are still far ahead of where they were a year...
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Lennar reports untempered demand for new homes in Q3
The pandemic hasn’t kept Americans from buying new homes, as Lennar Corp. reported earnings, orders and deliveries rose in...
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Developers bet big on build-for-rent in these uncertain times
Since moving from an apartment building in Allen, Texas to a two-bedroom house in nearby McKinney in April, Joy...
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Thanks, millennials: Younger generation props up mortgage market
The purported laziest generation in history is propping up the mortgage market. Millennials made up 61 percent of home...
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Doctor’s orders: developers increasingly tap medical experts, amenities
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, wellness services at developments have expanded to include an array of medical amenities, and gone...
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Pandemic takes a Toll: Builder’s profits drop 42%
As coronavirus battered the residential market, Toll Brothers said its second-quarter profits dropped nearly 42 percent from a year...