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The land-light multiplier: Infrastructure finance can amplify the Land Banking Model

May 20, 2026 · 7:00 AM Carter Froelich, CPA HousingWire

The land-light model has fundamentally reshaped the homebuilding industry. What began as a post-Great Recession correction has become a structural shift in…

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Owning the first click: How digital brand ownership shapes visibility and lead generation

May 20, 2026 · 7:00 AM National Association of Realtors HousingWire

The home search now starts online, but many real estate and housing professionals still do not fully own their own digital presence. Instead, they often…

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

May 19, 2026 · 8:40 PM John McManus HousingWire

“ 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…

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Kevelyn Guzman on leadership, growth and navigating change

May 19, 2026 · 8:35 PM Lesley Collins HousingWire

As part of HousingWire ’s Editor’s Choice awards spotlight series, we’re spotlighting past Women of Influence honorees whose careers, leadership and…

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AI-powered data remaps builders’ landbuying art and science

May 19, 2026 · 7:33 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire

Not long ago, artificial intelligence was considered a headline-grabbing, yet futuristic and perhaps unreliable concept. Now, companies, including…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Jump Again, Now up 0.75% Since Start of The War

May 19, 2026 · 7:28 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

It was another rough day for the bond market and, thus, for interest rates. Investors aggressively sold bonds in the first 2 hours of trading, taking 10yr…

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

May 19, 2026 · 7:14 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

A high-profile proposal to borrow $1.5 trillion and invest the money in stocks to salvage Social Security’s finances would likely leave taxpayers saddled…

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

May 19, 2026 · 6:58 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

Last July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark law shielding apartment and residential projects from lengthy environmental review processes to…

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Cultural symbolism is influencing some homebuyers in the Year of the Fire Horse

May 19, 2026 · 6:48 PM Lisa Nguyen HousingWire

Real estate professionals spend a lot of time talking about interest rates, inventory, concessions and price reductions. We should, of course. Those factors…

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Former Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith joins M/I Homes board

May 19, 2026 · 6:26 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Ohio-based M/I Homes, Inc. announced that Eugene D. Smith, former senior vice president and director of athletics at The Ohio State University and current…

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