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Friday, March 31, 2023
Zelman served as exclusive M&A buy-side adviser to DiamondHead Holdings Corp. in connection with its recently closed acquisition of Great Southern Homes, Inc. at an enterprise value of approximately $600 million, creating the industry’s third publicly-traded “land light” homebuilder. Great Southern Homes trades on the Nasdaq as United Homes Group (Ticker Symbol: "UHG"). United Homes Group is one of the largest homebuilders in the Southeast focused on entry level and first-time move-up home buyers, employing a capital efficient “land-light” operating model. This transaction is the largest private builder m&a transaction since 2014, the first homebuilder reverse merger since 2020 and only the third homebuilder to go public since 2014.
Read HereWednesday, March 29, 2023
Home sweet home? Not necessarily. Alan was live on 'Squawk on the Street' and spoke about his concern over weakness in the housing market in the quarters ahead despite the near-term pullback in mortgage rates.
Watch HereWednesday, March 22, 2023
Alan joined ‘Closing Bell: Overtime’ to discuss KB Home’s numbers and the challenges faced by homebuilders. Alan remarked, "we definitely see signs of stabilization in the housing market."
Watch HereMonday, March 20, 2023
On a special podcast, Alan and Rick Holmes, CEO of Home Builder Data, took a deep dive into the world of home builder data. They explored insights gathered, discussed the roles of first-time home buyers now and in the future, and how they use data to track trends for and from home builders nationwide.
Listen HereMonday, February 20, 2023
Zelman research was referenced in a Business Insider article about rapid home-price growth and soaring mortgage rates that has led to a dramatic downturn in housing demand throughout 2022, leading experts to speculate that the entire U.S. real estate market could implode.
Read HereFriday, January 13, 2023
Alan joined Fox Business Network to discuss how new construction is playing a role in increasing the current housing supply. Hear his insight on how incentivizing buyers could be the only way to move inventory.
Watch HereThursday, January 12, 2023
Ivy's thoughts were referenced in this article regarding the lack of housing inventory given work from home and interest rates. "Recent bias, or the belief that recent events will occur again soon, keeps many of us, like the Fed, looking through the rearview mirror, missing what’s ahead."
Read HereWednesday, January 11, 2023
Dennis was featured on CNBC discussing the consumer price index insight throughout 2023. “Our data is showing that there is deceleration…but the question is how quickly that deceleration unfolds.”
Watch HereMonday, December 12, 2022
In a recent interview with Ted Oakley of Oxbow Advisors, Ivy's perspective on mortgage rates and the housing market demand were referenced within this article, "If we don't see any type of improvement in the economy and rates are stubbornly higher than 6%, I think you are going to see pricing continue to decline."
Read HereThursday, December 8, 2022
North Carolina’s capital had the biggest monthly drop in rents among major U.S. apartment markets where rates fell in November, the latest sign the nation's surge in rent increases is easing. This past week, Ivy was a guest on the Walker Webcast. She provided her thoughts on what's happening now with rent levels saying, "The October numbers were pretty ugly."
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