2024 Financial Study Results: Effective Management Drives Superior Profits

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September 2025 Volume XV, Issue 9

2024 Financial Study Results: Effective Management Drives Superior Profits

By Emma Shinn, CPA, MBA

Co-Founder, Shinn Group

The 2024 Comparative Financial and Operations Analysis for home builders marks the thirty-second consecutive year Shinn Group has conducted the study. Throughout the years, we have accumulated a landmark historical record of home building companies’ financial and operational performance: the challenges, the changes, the adjustments, the improvements, the victories, the defeats and the comebacks.

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Prefinished Trim & Doors That Pay Back:

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In today's challenging construction landscape, builders across the nation are grappling with the rising costs of materials and a shortage of skilled labor. These obstacles have made it increasingly difficult to build affordable homes. However, innovative builders are finding ways to streamline their processes and enhance efficiency.

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Give Buyers VIP Access to Progress

They Actually Care About

Most builders have dozens of specs under construction-and no one watching them. Not because buyers aren’t interested. But because no one’s showing them what’s really going on. Too often, the only image of a home is a rendering that never changes. Real photos don’t get posted until after professional shoots.. And progress updates? They’re either not “marketing approved” or already out of date by the time they are.

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Consultant's Corner

Solve Quality and Service Problems with Effective Production Management

By Ed Hauck
Senior Consultant, Shinn Group

Production management is responsible for delivering quality construction and exceptional customer service and cannot abdicate this responsibility. Product quality starts at the top. Superintendents, suppliers, and trade contractors are not to blame for poor quality.

Here are five strategies for solving problems related to quality and customer service.

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Builder of Choice™ Insights Podcast: Building Ahead: Economic Outlook After the Fed’s Forecasted Rate Cut

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If you missed the live stream on September 18, catch the full recording at your convenience. Cut through the noise, understand what the Fed’s decisions mean for the housing and mortgage industries, and discover clear, actionable insights on what to expect for the rest of 2025 and into 2026.