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Major residential builder needed help identifying the best opportunities for subdivision development across the US

Client description:

A national homebuilder

Challenge: 

Major residential builder needed help identifying best opportunities for subdivision development across the US.

Methodologies: 

Comprehensive Market Research and Analysis including field analysis of competitor subdivisions, secondary data including housing starts, demographics, land use and many other factors run through a sophisticated correlation analysis by zip code.

The result: 

A color-coded predictive GIS map that predicted by zip code the best location for the best model homes at a given price point. Our analysis and recommendations allowed the client to strategically position themselves and move into the subdivision business for the first time in 30 years.

Geographic scope

US

Industries involved 

Construction

Services applied 

Competitive Intelligence, Market Opportunity Study, Market Segmentation, Strategic Positioning

Methodologies 

Advisory, Analysis, Qualitative Research

Practice area

Market Research and Analysis

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