GLG News by Production Homebuilding Experts

The map presentation accompanying the referenced article is notable because in detailing the overvaluation of housing in four ranges not much of the map is left unpainted. We knew that before the map so adequately articulated the problem. The issue should lead us, though, to think further about the...

Payment requirements under land option contracts are an important consideration when evaluating the cash flows of homebuilders.

The pressure is intense for home owners, lenders, home builders and other investors to maintain housing values. Companies who provide financial and other services such as real estate brokers, appraisers and the like are dependent for their income on a steady to rising market. The home buyer on the other...

Mumbai which is often touted as the 'Manhattan of India’ is ranked seventh among the most expensive cities in the world to do business and stay in. With property prices touching all time highs, the current scenario is being questioned and is labeled as a bubble by many.

We see from the article that over 40 % of the nation’s imports by cargo ship flow through the adjacent Long Beach and Los Angeles ports which lie smack in the middle of the Los Angeles Metroplex. Moreover, the traffic at the ports will double in the next dozen or so years. The container port proposed...

Why so many markets? Why so much in some markets? Why so little in other markets?

Affordability ratios are too high, sales are weak, a reduced number of new jobs don't help and wages at the middle and upper levels are not increasing. 

The greater fool enters a market when investment interest rates elevate and negative leverage occurs. Or when income streams are interrupted by an inventory of new construction.

There is no doubt that homebuilding is well off its peak building year of 2005; however, smart builders such as NVR are well positioned to take advantage of opportunties that do exist in this current market to build market share. NVR's strategy of lot options allows a more flexible business plan that...

There is widespread interest in the housing industry, housing stocks and bonds, etc.  This impacts many industries and companies.  The article offers my point of view about the current state of the homebuilding industry and suggests when and why things will turn around.