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FutureLot Blog
Unlocking residential potential. Policy updates, product news, and expert insights on ADUs, infill, and urban growth.
What's New in FutureLot: Smarter Site Plans, CAD Export, and More
FutureLot's latest update introduces enhanced Site Plans, CAD export feature, new sketching tools, expanded utility coverage, and better project organization.
July 29, 2026
FutureLot Brings Pool Feasibility Nationwide
Pool season is here! Builders can now quickly check pool feasibility on properties across all fifty states on FutureLot. Evaluate setbacks, impervious surface limits, terrain, and site constraints before breaking ground.
July 15, 2026
Why We Added Site Plans
Builders told us they were spending hundreds of dollars and waiting days for preliminary site plans. We built Site Plans into FutureLot so you can turn the work you’ve already done into a clean, professional plan in just a few clicks, without leaving the platform.
July 6, 2026
Five New FutureLot Features Designed for the Way Builders Actually Work
Five new features in FutureLot: Sketch for lot annotations, enhanced setbacks with zoning nuance, multi-level notes for team knowledge, rental income estimates, and an experimental zoning chatbot. Built for builders.
May 24, 2026
The Massachusetts ADU Resource Center Is Live: How FutureLot Is Powering Smarter ADU Decisions in the Pioneer Valley
A statewide hub from MassCEC just launched, and the property-level feasibility tools at its core are powered by FutureLot. Here’s what it does, who it serves, and why we’re proud to be part of it.
May 18, 2026
The Hidden Cost of Slow Zoning: Why Builders, Homeowners, and Cities All Lose
In a recent conversation with Dave Cooper on the Dave Cooper Live podcast, FutureLot's co-founder walked through the origin story behind the platform, the broken process it fixes, and where the housing industry goes from here.
May 12, 2026
What the Massachusetts AG ADU Decisions Mean for Builders and Homeowners
If you're a builder or homeowner in Massachusetts trying to figure out what is possible on a specific lot, reading your town's ADU bylaw is no longer enough.
May 6, 2026
When You Think of Maine, You Don't Think "Housing Crisis." You Should.
Maine means vacationland. Lighthouses. Lobster rolls. Pine trees as far as the eye can see. What it doesn't bring to mind: a housing affordability crunch on par with the rest of the country.
May 5, 2026
FutureLot at the Massachusetts State House: Celebrating the ADU Design Challenge Winners
FutureLot co-founders joined MA Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Housing and Livable Communities Secretary at the Massachusetts State House for the announcement of the ADU Design Challenge winners.
May 1, 2026
50 States, Smarter Terrain, Sharper Placement: What's New in FutureLot
We've been heads-down shipping, and this release is a big one. Three updates went live, and together they push FutureLot from "useful in your market" to "useful anywhere you want to build." Here's what changed.
April 30, 2026
FutureLot Now Covers All 50 States
We're excited to announce that FutureLot now provides zoning coverage across every state in the country. All 50.
April 21, 2026
Why the First Conversation with a Homeowner Is the Most Important One
When a homeowner reaches out about building an ADU, they usually have one big question: is this actually going to work on my property? The problem is that answering that question used to take a lot of time.
April 20, 2026
PODCAST: How to Get Built, Trusted, and Chosen as a Builder in 2025 with Wes Towers
The housing crisis is not just a supply problem. That is the through line of a recent episode of Built. Trusted. Chosen., where host Wes Towers sat down with Avi, founder of FutureLot, to break down the real barriers facing builders today, and how the right tools and the right mindset can turn those barriers into a competitive advantage.
April 17, 2026
Turn your home show booth into a lead magnet
It's home show season. Here's how FutureLot customers are walking away with more quality leads than ever before.
April 15, 2026
FutureLot is Exhibiting at World of Modular 2026
The modular building industry's biggest annual event is just around the corner, and FutureLot will be exhibiting April 21-22 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Find us at booth 1506.
April 13, 2026
What's New in FutureLot: Floor Plan Photos, Screen Capture, Street View, and More
We just rolled out a set of updates designed to help builders and dealers communicate feasibility more clearly and move faster with homeowners.
April 13, 2026
NEW FEATURE: Introducing Site Plans
Until now, FutureLot helped you deliver a Pre-Feasibility Report. Now you can go one step further and generate a full Site Plan from the same workflow. It’s included in your subscription, so there’s no need to use a separate provider.
April 7, 2026
We Made Forbes. More Importantly, Here's What They Got Right About the Housing Crisis.
Forbes contributor Jennifer Castenson recently took a close look at the innovators working to change that, and we were honored to be included in the conversation.
April 3, 2026
How NE Tiny Homes Uses FutureLot to Turn Homeshow Conversations into Real Projects
We caught up with Chris Pace and Mark Biller of New England Tiny Homes at a New England Home Show, where they've been using FutureLot to have better, faster conversations with potential customers.
March 27, 2026
FutureLot on I'm The Gaffer Podcast
FutureLot's Avi Kaufman recently joined Gavin Coyle on Episode 104 of the I'm The Gaffer podcast to dig into one of the most costly and misunderstood parts of any residential build: zoning research and pre-planning.
March 6, 2026
FutureLot Is Now Live in Washington State
Big news for ADU professionals, builders, and homeowners in the Pacific Northwest: FutureLot is now available in Washington State.
January 29, 2026
FutureLot Selected for the 2026 IBS Start-Up Zone
BIG NEWS! We were selected to participate in the Start-Up Zone at the 2026 International Builders Show in Orlando February 17-19.
January 19, 2026
Roundup of 2025 ADU State Laws
👉Now that the 2025 season has come to an end, let's do a quick ADU news roundup from around the states.
January 6, 2026
New ADU Initiatives in Mass
Governor Healey has just announced this week there's going to be a bunch of new initiatives to try and take away some of the barriers to building ADUs and promote more construction.
December 29, 2025
Understanding ADU Zoning in Norwich CT
What do you do when the regulations seem to contradict themselves? We know how complicated zoning can be without the right tools and insight, that’s why we started FutureLot!
December 18, 2025
Cities for a Small Planet by Richard Rogers
Cities for a Small Planet makes a really compelling case that sustainable cities don't require radical redesign, they just require letting people add thoughtful, human-scale decisions and human-scale housing where it already makes sense.
December 11, 2025
Ranking New England States Based on Their ADU Laws
Let's rank the New England states. We all have ADU laws. It's a strong showing for our region, but they're not all created equal. And let me say, New England, I love each of you. We're an amazing region, and we're all Red Sox fans here.
December 7, 2025
How AI Zoning Analysis Cuts Property Research from 4 Weeks to 8 Minutes
In this episode of Beyond the Bid, Avi Kaufman, CEO of FutureLot, reveals the AI-powered zoning analysis system that helps ADU builders instantly determine what can be built on any property.
November 9, 2025
ADU Applications Surge Statewide under Governor Healey’s Affordable Homes Act
In the first six months of 2025, homeowners in 170 Massachusetts communities filed 844 applications to build ADUs on their properties, of which at least 550 had been approved as of July 2025.
October 15, 2025
ADUs Now Allowed By Right Across New Hampshire
With HB 577 officially signed into law, New Hampshire has cleared the path for more housing across the state—starting July 1, 2025.
August 4, 2025