John McManus

John McManus

President and Founder

John McManus, founder and president of The Builder’s Daily, is an award-winning editorial, programming, and digital content strategist. A TBD community capable of constant improvement is his passion.

Buckeye Bullseye: Howard Hughes Nets Douglas Ranch For $600M

Land

Buckeye Bullseye: Howard Hughes Nets Douglas Ranch For $600M

This half-a-billion-dollar land trade just west of downtown Phoenix provides a look around the next corner at how placemaking's next new normal will work for homebuilders.

Price And Profit: Homebuilders Walk A Fine Line At A Tricky Time

Marketing & Sales

Price And Profit: Homebuilders Walk A Fine Line At A Tricky Time

You may be able to raise prices -- especially as costs surge -- but should you? Algorithms may have one answer. And there may be other choices.

Take Demand From These Buyers For Granted At Your Peril

Marketing & Sales

Take Demand From These Buyers For Granted At Your Peril

Focus these days zeroes in on the crush of capital flooding into residential real estate. However, it would be a mistake to lose track of an equally unpredictable business force-factor: Who will buy?

Twin Risks — Local & Federal — Loom On Built-For-Rent Horizon

Land

Twin Risks — Local & Federal — Loom On Built-For-Rent Horizon

With monster-sized wagers, investors are thronging into the newly built single-family-rental market, confident in a market tilting in their favor is high. Still, what about all that entitlement risk?

Where The Future Of Home And The Future Of Work Meet Up

Land

Where The Future Of Home And The Future Of Work Meet Up

'This time is different' may be the most dangerous words in the investment business. However, residential real estate investors ignore them at their peril.

Buckeye Bullseye: Howard Hughes Nets Douglas Ranch For $600M

Land

Buckeye Bullseye: Howard Hughes Nets Douglas Ranch For $600M

This half-a-billion-dollar land trade just west of downtown Phoenix provides a look around the next corner at how placemaking's next new normal will work for homebuilders.

Price And Profit: Homebuilders Walk A Fine Line At A Tricky Time

Marketing & Sales

Price And Profit: Homebuilders Walk A Fine Line At A Tricky Time

You may be able to raise prices -- especially as costs surge -- but should you? Algorithms may have one answer. And there may be other choices.

Take Demand From These Buyers For Granted At Your Peril

Marketing & Sales

Take Demand From These Buyers For Granted At Your Peril

Focus these days zeroes in on the crush of capital flooding into residential real estate. However, it would be a mistake to lose track of an equally unpredictable business force-factor: Who will buy?

Twin Risks — Local & Federal — Loom On Built-For-Rent Horizon

Land

Twin Risks — Local & Federal — Loom On Built-For-Rent Horizon

With monster-sized wagers, investors are thronging into the newly built single-family-rental market, confident in a market tilting in their favor is high. Still, what about all that entitlement risk?

Where The Future Of Home And The Future Of Work Meet Up

Land

Where The Future Of Home And The Future Of Work Meet Up

'This time is different' may be the most dangerous words in the investment business. However, residential real estate investors ignore them at their peril.