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Subsidizing transaction volumes with margin-eroding promotions is the mandatory price of entry-level homebuilding.
To maintain volume in a high-rate environment, entry-level homebuilders must sacrifice gross margins to fund aggressive sales incentives and custom personalization pipelines.
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The US Housing Bottleneck
KB Home’s Q2 2026 Results: Built-to-Order Pivot Advances Amid Severe Margin Compression KB Home sustained severe gross margin compression as a direct consequence of offering the price reductions necessary to maintain entry-level transaction volumes.
The US Housing Bottleneck
US Homebuilder Trajectory: Wall Street Slashes Lennar Targets Ahead of D.R. Horton Q3 Earnings Lennar had to deploy double-digit sales incentives and adjust base prices downward to protect its delivery volumes at the expense of its gross margin.