New Home Trends and Curated Inspiration Backed by Deep-Dive Research
What is the New Home Trends Institute (NHTI)?
We are committed to helping New Home Trends Institute members stay on top of consumer and design trends through exclusive insights, networking opportunities, and becoming an extension of your team.
Backed by the deep-dive research at John Burns Real Estate Consulting and supported by our experts across the nation, the New Home Trends Institute pairs design inspiration with exclusive insights into the “why” behind consumers’ housing choices. Gain exclusive insight into housing preferences and pain points through our monthly survey insights reports, webinars, and proprietary surveys of builders, architects, designers, and other industry professionals. We specialize in trend tracking and use this information to foster housing innovation. We also offer exclusive members-only networking through council meetings as well as in-person and virtual events.
Survey Insights Reports
Monthly survey insights from consumers and consumer experts, as well as informational webinars
Exclusive Networking
Annual Housing Design Summit and NHTI Councils
DesignLens™ Database
Design and product inspiration and solutions with new features added monthly
New communities and topics featured each month include:
- New home projects
- Master plans
- Historical Neighborhoods
- Golden Oldies
- And more!
Each community includes:
- Photo tour with narration and analysis
- Site plan
- Floor plans
- Project stats
- Included features
- Consultant information
You can search the over 25,000 images stored in the DesignLens archives by:
- Architectural styles
- Density per acre
- Exterior features
- House widths
- Housing types
- Interior details
- Lot size
- Regions
- Square footages
Burns Monthly Housing Market Update
Stay informed about what’s going on in the housing market each month with a client-exclusive webinar hosted by John Burns.
Team Extension
Customized NHTI partnership plans and introductions to JBREC local experts, other NHTI members, and industry experts
If you have any questions about the New Home Trends Institute and if you would like find out how to become a member, please contact Jenni Nichols, Director of DesignLens at jnichols@realestateconsulting.com.
For customized design insight for your community, contact any of our consulting leaders:
Chris Porter
Senior Vice President, Chief Demographer
Christopher Dorociak
Senior Vice President, Consulting
Deana Vidal
Senior Manager, Trend Consulting
Jeff Brazel
Senior Vice President, Consulting
Jeff Kottmeier
Senior Vice President, Consulting
Kaylin Czajkowski
Manager, Consulting
Kristin Matthews
Vice President, Consulting
Matt Billingsley
Associate, Consulting
Mikaela Sharp
Director, New Home Trends Institute
Pawan Thampi
Senior Vice President, Building Products Consulting
Scott Wild
Senior Vice President, Consulting
Will Frank
Senior Vice President, Consulting