June, to me, always meant the end of the school year. You took final exams and tried to prove to the teacher or professor what you had learned from your coursework. More>>>

Two weeks ago I attended the Pacific Coast Builder’s Conference (PCBC) in San Francisco. I came away with a distinct feeling that the skills needed by senior executives in homebuilding and residential development may need some significant adjustment in order for their companies to prosper in the coming upswing. More>>>

Over the past couple of weeks, I have spent a decent amount of time on the road. When I do that, I come back with my “Voices from the Road”. Kind of a poor-man’s Charles Kurault. The voices this time have me thinking about the past 25 years, the current state of affairs, the next 25 years, and whether our current “big players” will be around then, or not. Will cottage industries starting up now be the new “big players” a couple of decades from now? More>>>

I think that it is time to recognize that the echo baby boom is at the front door of the housing industry and knocking (or maybe tweeting). Are we ready? I don’t think so. More>>>

A couple of random numbers in the papers this past week got me thinking that each of us effectively is a shareholder of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the tune of between $17,000 and $35,000 per person. That’s the rough per capita amount of what the Freddie/Fannie subsidy will ultimately be from the Treasury (between $500 billion and $1 trillion). How does that final turn of the mortgage screw feel? Just as important, how might this situation impact housing over the next several decades? More>>>