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.

Silver Linings And Teachable Moments In The Prices Crisis

Policy

Silver Linings And Teachable Moments In The Prices Crisis

This week's inflation red flags, temporary or structural, serve as potential catalysts for housing's leaders to think, act, and solve challenges differently than ever before.

What Does Elon Musk Have To Do With The Price Of Land In Richmond?

Policy

What Does Elon Musk Have To Do With The Price Of Land In Richmond?

As America's bad-boy, genius, business mogul, innovator makes headlines, other matters -- like land -- are worth exploring too.

Superstar Cities Vs. Zoom Towns: Flyover Country Magnetism

Land

Superstar Cities Vs. Zoom Towns: Flyover Country Magnetism

Two iconic geographers, Richard Florida and Joel Kotkin, unveil a take on a new geography of post-pandemic live-work balance.

Building Tech & Products

Owed To Plumbers: Waxing Poetic On The Power In Pipes And Wrenches

A WSJ contributing author riffs rhapsodic on plumbers, who "rule[s] supreme atop the pantheon of residential" tradespeople." Here's why.

Building Tech & Products

Lumber Liquidated: What's Next For The Commodity That Ate Building?

As lumber and engineered wood product prices break all historical price barriers, producers begin to pump capital into mill capacity expansion. Too little too late?

Silver Linings And Teachable Moments In The Prices Crisis

Policy

Silver Linings And Teachable Moments In The Prices Crisis

This week's inflation red flags, temporary or structural, serve as potential catalysts for housing's leaders to think, act, and solve challenges differently than ever before.

What Does Elon Musk Have To Do With The Price Of Land In Richmond?

Policy

What Does Elon Musk Have To Do With The Price Of Land In Richmond?

As America's bad-boy, genius, business mogul, innovator makes headlines, other matters -- like land -- are worth exploring too.

Superstar Cities Vs. Zoom Towns: Flyover Country Magnetism

Land

Superstar Cities Vs. Zoom Towns: Flyover Country Magnetism

Two iconic geographers, Richard Florida and Joel Kotkin, unveil a take on a new geography of post-pandemic live-work balance.

Building Tech & Products

Owed To Plumbers: Waxing Poetic On The Power In Pipes And Wrenches

A WSJ contributing author riffs rhapsodic on plumbers, who "rule[s] supreme atop the pantheon of residential" tradespeople." Here's why.

Building Tech & Products

Lumber Liquidated: What's Next For The Commodity That Ate Building?

As lumber and engineered wood product prices break all historical price barriers, producers begin to pump capital into mill capacity expansion. Too little too late?