by American Heritage Lending | Sep 10, 2026
Key Takeaways Texas leads the nation in home building, authorizing roughly 168,000 single-family permits in 2025 — more than any state and well ahead of the next (Florida, near 128,000), with four metros in the national top 10. Construction cost in the Texas region...
by American Heritage Lending | Aug 4, 2026
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by American Heritage Lending | Jul 14, 2026
Key Takeaways Rates held above 6%, not below it: the 30-year fixed sat at 6.49% on July 9, 2026 (Freddie Mac), validating the consensus above-6% call and undercutting the optimists who forecast a sub-6% year. Home prices grew about 1.1% year over year on the Zillow...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jul 6, 2026
Key Takeaways ADU build costs typically run $150–$300 per square foot in 2026 with garage conversions from about $80,000 and detached new builds reaching $200,000–$400,000. The U.S. already has roughly 1.4 million single-family homes with ADUs and California now...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jul 2, 2026
Key Takeaways Build-to-rent starts fell 19% in 2025 to 68,000 units (from 84,000 in 2024) as financing costs squeezed marginal deals — but the strategy still pencils where the fundamentals hold. 82% of the BTR construction pipeline is in the Sun Belt, with Phoenix...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jun 22, 2026
Every fix-and-flip investor eventually has a contractor disaster. The question isn’t whether — it’s how prepared the operation is when it happens. The vetting framework that separates contractors who finish on time from contractors who disappear, the...
