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.

Bungalows On A Budget: 10 Affordable 'Shore Bets' Per Realtor.com

Land

Bungalows On A Budget: 10 Affordable 'Shore Bets' Per Realtor.com

Here's Realtor.com's top-10 beach beacons among more than 1,300 U.S. coastline towns with median home list prices between $145,000 and $475,000, from May 2020 through April 2021.

As More Home-Seekers Click-To-Pay, Builders Bypass Middlemen

Marketing & Sales

As More Home-Seekers Click-To-Pay, Builders Bypass Middlemen

The pandemic-accelerated arrival of end-to-end digital search, selection, personalization, and purchase among homebuilding's power players has two profound sea-change implications. Here they are.

Mover Metrics: To And From Mobility Maps Covid Reflex

Land

Mover Metrics: To And From Mobility Maps Covid Reflex

Here are Redfin.com top 10 metros by net inflow among users, and their top origin metros.

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

Policy

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

For those whose livelihoods stem from work producing homes in the housing crisis, each area of expertise looks through his or her own lens, and each assigns a different weight of importance to forces that impact that cost curve.

Marketing & Sales

America's Covid Baby Bust Means The Future Has Arrived Early For Homebuilders

Demographics, the structural basis for long-range optimism in residential investment, real estate development, construction, distribution, and related manufacturing and partner businesses, has suddenly hoisted a Jolly Roger.

Bungalows On A Budget: 10 Affordable 'Shore Bets' Per Realtor.com

Land

Bungalows On A Budget: 10 Affordable 'Shore Bets' Per Realtor.com

Here's Realtor.com's top-10 beach beacons among more than 1,300 U.S. coastline towns with median home list prices between $145,000 and $475,000, from May 2020 through April 2021.

As More Home-Seekers Click-To-Pay, Builders Bypass Middlemen

Marketing & Sales

As More Home-Seekers Click-To-Pay, Builders Bypass Middlemen

The pandemic-accelerated arrival of end-to-end digital search, selection, personalization, and purchase among homebuilding's power players has two profound sea-change implications. Here they are.

Mover Metrics: To And From Mobility Maps Covid Reflex

Land

Mover Metrics: To And From Mobility Maps Covid Reflex

Here are Redfin.com top 10 metros by net inflow among users, and their top origin metros.

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

Policy

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

For those whose livelihoods stem from work producing homes in the housing crisis, each area of expertise looks through his or her own lens, and each assigns a different weight of importance to forces that impact that cost curve.

Marketing & Sales

America's Covid Baby Bust Means The Future Has Arrived Early For Homebuilders

Demographics, the structural basis for long-range optimism in residential investment, real estate development, construction, distribution, and related manufacturing and partner businesses, has suddenly hoisted a Jolly Roger.