How we report
The American Developer runs an automated newsroom under human editorial oversight. These are the standards it runs on, non-negotiable.
Sourcing
Where we can reach the primary source, the filing, the dataset, the developer's release, the public record, we verify each fact against it and cite it. Our wire and data pages are built this way, directly from permit records, SEC filings, and official series.
Much of our daily news file is different, and we would rather say so plainly: another outlet breaks the story, and we credit and link it, verify what we can, and add the analysis. Those stories carry the reporting outlet in the source list at the top. When you see a single trade publication cited there, that outlet did the reporting and we are building on it.
Writing, original, in our voice
Every article is written from scratch. We never copy, lightly paraphrase, or mirror the structure of a source article. Facts and figures may be reported; another outlet's expression may not be reused. Each story is built the same way: what happened, why it matters, the numbers, and what's next.
Facts, figures, and quotes
We do not fabricate. If a number cannot be verified in a source, it does not appear. We use at most one short direct quote per article, attributed to the person who said it, never to an outlet. There are no invented quotes, ever.
Sources are visible
Every article carries a Sources block linking to the originals. We send traffic out to the reporting and the filings on purpose, attribution is part of the model.
Images
We never scrape or hotlink images from other publications. Article and social graphics are generated from the headline, category, and market. The only exception is media explicitly distributed for press use.
Automated newsroom, human oversight
Stories are gathered, written, and published by a software system on a daily cycle. Editorial standards, sourcing, and corrections are overseen by the publication's editorial desk against the standards published here. We do not present the newsroom as staffed by human reporters; we are transparent that it is automated, and accountable for what it publishes.
Market data
The figures in our masthead are real and sourced, refreshed automatically each edition: the 30-year fixed mortgage from Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the 10-year Treasury yield from the U.S. Treasury daily par yield curve, and the homebuilder-sector reading from the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), a delayed market quote. Each figure carries its as-of date; we do not display invented or indicative numbers.
Tone
Professional, factual, confident. No hype adjectives and no editorializing about individuals.
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