Planning Your Website Redesign Strategy A website redesign is one of the most impactful investments a home builder can make. Your website serves as the digital face of your company, often forming the first impression potential buyers have of your work. Before diving into design choices, it is essential to establish a clear strategy that […]
Expanding into a new regional market is one of the most challenging moves a home builder can make. It requires land acquisition strategy, local market knowledge, partnership structures, and product design tailored to regional tastes. McCar Homes demonstrated how to execute this playbook effectively when it entered the Raleigh-Durham market and created Stonegate, a 670-unit
Understanding Generational Housing Preferences in Modern Home Building Home builders today face a unique challenge: three distinct generations of buyers are actively searching for homes, and each group brings different priorities, lifestyles, and expectations to the table. Baby boomers are approaching retirement and want luxury, comfort, and space. Generation X buyers juggle busy careers and
Building an estate home goes beyond square footage and expensive finishes. Today’s luxury buyers expect homes that deliver genuine comfort, functional flexibility, and a seamless connection to the surrounding landscape. These creature comforts in luxury custom home construction require careful planning across every phase of design and construction, from site orientation to interior finishes. Estate
As energy costs continue to rise and homeowners seek greater control over their utility bills, residential wind power has emerged as a compelling option for new home construction. Small wind turbines can generate substantial electricity for single-family homes in almost every state, offering energy independence and long-term cost savings. For builders looking to differentiate their
The unprecedented national housing market expansion that began in 1993 ended abruptly in the fall of 2005, but that 12-year housing boom made many builders wealthy and fundamentally reshaped the American home building industry. By 1996, public home builders, as well as the largest private production builders, had completely recovered from the recession of the
The housing market has always moved in cycles, and every builder eventually faces a downturn. When demand softens, inventory piles up, and buyers grow cautious, home builders must adapt quickly or risk being caught off guard. Understanding the signals of a shifting market and knowing how to respond can mean the difference between weathering the
The Savings and Loan Collapse and Its Fallout for Builders The period from 1986 to 1995 stands as one of the most turbulent decades in American home building, a stretch when economic forces beyond any builder’s control rewrote the rules of the industry. The previous era had already seen significant change, with structural shifts that
Introduction The decade from 1966 to 1975 was one of the most transformative periods in American home building history. Coming after the Depression and war years and the explosive postwar housing boom, this era brought sweeping social, regulatory, and design changes that permanently altered how homes were built and sold. From the cultural revolution of
The decade from 1976 to 1985 stands as one of the most turbulent and transformative periods in American home building. An energy crisis, double-digit inflation, and interest rates soaring to 21 percent pushed the housing industry to the edge of collapse. Yet from that pressure emerged some of the most significant innovations in energy-efficient construction,
