Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Unsustainable US construction demand is impeding housing market success

The AI boom over the last few years has created a new class of exceedingly wealthy technology innovators, investors and employees. Compounded with a bullish stock market and IPOs like SpaceX sending employees into affluence within days, it comes as no surprise there’s increasing demand for complex, luxury homes.  U.S. luxury home prices have risen […]

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Meritage Q2 2026 earnings telegraph move-up buyer pivot

For much of the past decade, Meritage Homes has stood as one of public homebuilding’s clearest business use cases that thoughtfully designed, efficiently built entry-level homes could unlock homeownership for thousands of households who otherwise might have remained renters. The company’s strategy wasn’t simply to build smaller homes. It reshaped its land acquisition, product design,

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The mortgage industry has been focusing on only half the market

For decades, the mortgage industry has focused on helping consumers buy and refinance homes. It’s where lenders have built their businesses, where technology has evolved and where most originators have spent their careers. But that’s only half the market. Every day, homeowners move into a new phase of homeownership. They build equity, enter retirement, help

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