Building Market Intelligence

Broad-based demand supported a solid sales year for builders and developers. The surge in first-time buyer demand that we identified in 2017 continued to expand in 2018, benefitting many MPCs. Though numerous builders are shifting away from higher price points, …

Congratulations to the leadership at all 50 top-selling communities, who sold at least 320 homes per community last year—nearly one home per day and slightly higher than in 2017. Roughly 28,000 home buyers purchased new homes in these top 50 masterplans …

Masterplan developers have learned that they can achieve even more sales and higher prices by joining forces with adjacent land owners to create larger master-planned communities with scale. By working together, they can create a larger community with more name …

Ten years after John Burns Real Estate Consulting began surveying home builders every month, new home sales and pricing feedback demonstrate a solid and sustained recovery. Our June 2018 survey capturing 358 metro ratings across 83 metros confirms that demand …

Home buyers love master-planned communities. More than 28,000 home buyers purchased homes in the top 50 master-planned communities last year. While new home sales grew 9% last year, masterplan sales grew 20%! All 50 communities sold at least 314 homes …

Masterplan sales surged in 2017. The Villages, Irvine Ranch, Lakewood Ranch, and Summerlin all captured over 1,000 net homes sales in 2017. Sales in a number of western US communities swelled, while many communities in Florida and Texas captured fewer …

Over 300 home building executives told us their biggest surprises of 2017. Although they anticipated cost increases, 40% told us that the extent of those increases surprised them the most. Stronger than expected demand (especially in the last few months) …

For only the second time in the last 10 years, more than half of new home communities raised prices (according to our monthly survey in June of more than 20% of new home communities in the country). Note the steady …

Click Here to Download PDF Version of this article   Click here to download the Top 50 MPC Rankings for 2016 In 2016, the top 50 master-planned communities (MPCs) in our annual ranking sold over 24,000 homes, representing: a 9% …