OpenHouse.ai is working with builders to solve one of the industry’s most persistent trouble spots, cash flow forecast and visibility. Early results show our AI-driven forecasts are 50% more accurate than historical forecasts.Â
If you lead a home building operation, you already know this truth: it’s not enough to build efficiently; you have to manage your cash flow with precision.Â
And yet, cash flow forecasting remains one of the most uncertain and manual processes in the business.
At OpenHouse.ai, we’ve developed a new forecasting capability designed specifically for builders, one that combines real-world and historical operational data with quantitative AI to help you plan further ahead, respond faster, and make decisions with more confidence.
If cash flow uncertainty is limiting your decisions, we’d love to bring you into the conversation.
Why Cash Flow Remains a Critical Risk—and Opportunity
Home building is a capital-heavy industry. Every major decision and project milestone, land acquisition, project starts, trades, marketing, and financing, is tied to the timing and flow of cash. But the inputs required to forecast that flow are constantly in flux:
- Sales volumes shift unexpectedly.
- Construction timelines stretch or compress.
- Closings get bumped, and cash gets delayed.
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What looks like a healthy balance sheet can change in a quarter. And when working capital is unclear, the default response is to be cautious. Builders sit on idle cash as insurance, or risk overspending when timelines slip.
The result? Missed opportunities to invest. Delayed growth. And a lack of confidence in financial plans.
What’s Been Missing
Today, most builders forecast cash in one of two ways:
- Relying on historical sales and closing averages
- Assuming budgets and schedules will run exactly as planned
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Both approaches miss the mark. Often by months and millions. And the complexity only increases as your business grows. For large builders, Excel-based models eventually hit their limits.
This is where OpenHouse.ai is stepping in.
Our Approach: Purpose-Built, Data-Driven, and Built for What’s Next
We’re currently piloting a cash flow forecast solution that:
- Integrates with your operational data sources
- Uses AI to estimate actual cycle times and cash outflows
- Simulates outcomes thousands of times to surface likely scenarios
- Delivers a complete forward-looking cash flow statement with monthly projections and confidence intervals
This isn’t a static spreadsheet. It’s a dynamic, continuously updated model that reflects your real-world conditions and adjusts as they change.
Early results from our initial pilot show our AI-driven cash flow forecasts are already 50% more accurate than historical estimates.
The Strategic Value
With better cash flow visibility, you can:
- Make smarter timing decisions for land acquisitions and housing starts.
- Understand when to accelerate or hold sales efforts.
- Avoid cash crunches before they happen.
- Reinvest idle capital with more confidence.
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In short, you move from reactive to proactive. And you unlock a clearer and more accurate view of your next cash flow for the next 6–18 months.
Join the Journey
We’re rolling this capability out now with a small group of builder partners. If you want to be part of shaping the future of cash flow forecasting in home building and gain a strategic advantage, we’d love to talk.
This is your opportunity to get ahead of the curve.
