• Toll Brothers expands luxury footprint with Buffington acquisition,John McManus

    Toll Brothers expands luxury footprint with Buffington acquisition

    The market reaction to homebuilder earnings this spring has carried a clear message: scale, discipline, and positioning still matter­. Where you choose to deploy them may matter even more. On Tuesday, Toll Brothers signaled its next move in that equation by announcing a deal to acquire substantially

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  • D.R. Horton executed again, and smaller builders feel the squeeze,John McManus

    D.R. Horton executed again, and smaller builders feel the squeeze

    D.R. Horton’s stock arc mapped a familiar story Tuesday. Of investor recognition. Of the power and primacy of no financial or operational surprises to the negative. Shares traded modestly higher on elevated volume following the company’s fiscal Q2 earnings release this morning, as investors processe

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  • Why AI is still a subpar real estate agent replacement,Lee Davenport, Ph.D.

    Why AI is still a subpar real estate agent replacement

    I recently got a question from Real Estate Writer Michele Lerner for Florida Realtor magazine that cut right to the chase of this technological moment: Can AI replace real estate agents?⁣ Here’s my answer: Not yet. And maybe not ever, but not because I’m anti-tech. Quite the opposite. I’m an early a

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