Builder Confidence Flat as Developers Parse War, Rates
While confidence among homebuilders remains overall negative, there was a slight uptick in positivity in March as some market conditions ...
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Rising Construction Costs Indicate Long Road Back to Affordability
As inflation and economic challenges continue to put pressure on the housing construction industry, rising construction costs may point to ...
Construction Struggling to Meet Demand as the Housing Supply Gap Widens
Housing construction has faced a plethora of challenges in recent years, as the country falls further behind in the number ...
NAHB’s Best in American Living Awards Highlight Top Design Trends for 2026
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has revealed some of the top design trends as of late based upon ...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs, Including Those on Key Construction Imports
The first year of the Trump administration saw much back and forth as the President put in place various tariffs ...
Affordability Challenges Keep Builder Confidence in Negative Territory
Continuing challenges to affordability—namely higher construction and financing costs—once again kept builder confidence in the negative territory, according to the ...
Housing Starts Saw Significant Jump to End 2025, but Builders ‘Cautious’ for 2026
While 2025 overall was markedly disappointing for homebuilders, large jumps in new construction at the end of the year seem ...
Builder Sentiment Slips as Affordability Challenges Persist Into 2026
Builder confidence in the new single-family home market declined at the start of 2026, as persistent affordability concerns continue to ...
Multi-Family Housing Starts Down in October; Single-Family Starts Rise
Privately owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,246,000, 4.6% below the revised September ...
Builder Confidence Ends 2025 in Negative Territory, With Hope for 2026
Builder confidence remained in negative territory for the final month of 2025—as it did throughout the year due to continued ...
5 Key Reasons FSBOs Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent
Some homeowners think selling their properties with no agent will save gobs of money on commissions. Almost always they come to regret it, settling on a price that could have been better, not to mention spending way more time on the process than they envisioned Read more.
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