PodcastNational Housing Market Outlook

Successful Pivots as the Housing Market Runs Out of Steam

Dean Wehrli
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Dean Wehrli

John Burns

June 19, 2019

In this podcast, I explain why I believe new home sales and construction have “run out of steam,” at levels many deem to be too low. What’s different this time from prior cycles includes:

  • Banks – Two banking regulation laws (Dodd-Frank and FIRREA) that have held mortgage lending and construction lending, respectively, in check

  • Municipalities – Local regulations, which have significantly reduced market rate affordable housing in good locations

  • New business models – An institutional class single-family rental industry whose company values already rival the largest home builders in the country, as well as the proven viability of supplemental rental income thanks to Airbnb

  • Societal aspirations – A shift to living closer to work and a willingness to make compromises to do so

Featured guest

John Burns, CEO, John Burns Research and Consulting

This episode features several successful pivots that our clients have made, including:

  • Brookfield’s mall redevelopment plans
 
  • Kohler’s smart home initiatives
 
  • Lennar’s mind shift to a tech company that builds homes, including early investments in disruptors like Opendoor, partnerships with Amazon, and their hiring of newly formed offsite construction companies
 
  • Clayton’s entry into the production home building world
 
  • Tricon’s pivot to add rental housing investments to their for-sale portfolio
 

I also highlight some of the reasons various markets are behaving very differently.

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Dean Wehrli
Dean Wehrli
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Dean helps housing sector clients figure out not just what might work and what might not, but why.
John Burns
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As CEO, John grows, leads, and supports a team of passionate, articulate, likable, and smart experts. Together, we solve today so our clients can navigate to tomorrow.

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