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2026
The home construction industry is changing. The way we have built homes in the past won’t continue to be the way we build homes in the future. With the shrinking construction labor force, the constant improvements in construction technology, and the constant march towards zero energy homes that a...
05/31/2026
Every builder and developer knows the feeling in this image. You start the day with a schedule. By lunch, you're managing a labor shortage. By mid-afternoon, you're chasing material deliveries. Before dinner, you're explaining delays to investors, lenders, buyers, or ownership groups. The modern ...
05/30/2026
Most people building a custom home are making the single largest investment of their lives, yet they are forced to navigate a fragmented construction process with little transparency, inconsistent quality control, and wildly different standards depending on where they build. That should concern ...
05/26/2026
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Memorial Day is more than a long weekend. It is a reminder that freedom was built by people willing to sacrifice everything for something greater than themselves.Today, we remember the men and women who never came home. We honor the courage, discipline, and commitment of those who stood together ...
05/25/2026
Custom home builders for years have used the term “stick built” to label their homes as higher quality. The logic is that if you build a home one stick at a time, then you have taken the time to cut, place, and fasten each “stick” correctly. This is a distraction from what it really is. “Stick bu...
05/24/2026
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What really grinds my gears is when builders and developers still talk about the “modular premium” and the “risk” of offsite construction like it is 1995. The reality is that most of the people saying it have never actually learned how to structure a project for modular. They are comparing a proc...
05/23/2026
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Ten years ago, I would have said that robots would never work inside a home under construction as a construction worker. They could never finish drywall like a human, along with various other things that seem to need a human touch. Well, it appears I was wrong. This is happening at an exponential...
05/22/2026
🚨 REALTORS: The Housing Market Is Changing — Are You Positioned for What’s Next?Impresa Modular is actively recruiting Independent Sales Representatives nationwide to help meet the explosive demand for modular homes across the U.S.This is NOT traditional real estate.This is an opportunity to add ...
05/21/2026
Communities across America are hitting a wall and it is not because of a lack of jobs, investment, or opportunity. It is because there is nowhere for the workforce to live. Economic growth stalls when employers cannot recruit workers. Hospitals struggle when nurses and staff cannot afford housin...
05/20/2026
Across the country communities are struggling with the availability of housing, especially in those communities impacted by disaster events that have decimated their existing housing stock. In response, offsite construction has been identified as a solution for disaster recovery and resilience in...
05/19/2026
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