New LEED credit for timber traceability, ICC code releases for repurposed shipping containers, San Francisco clears ADU permit backlog, tech keys to affordable housing, and a 3D-printed 2,000 square-foot home

In February, prices paid for gypsum products decreased a seasonally adjusted 5.1 percent, continuing the downward trend of the past five months, per the latest BLS data.

Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla.'s new "blockbuster" mixed-use project, The Main Las Olas, is being readied for occupancy by 2020, but its path to success was not straightforward.

In 2018, the cost of building materials was the top challenge reported by home builders. In 2019, experts say it will be the skilled labor shortage. 

Northern Colorado home builder View Homes recently acquired San Antonio home builder Armadillo Homes, expanding its territory in Texas and New Mexico. 

Home building hit a new high in Orlando, Fla. last year: almost 29,000 single-family homes, townhomes, and apartments were started, according to new Census data.

With the spring real estate season underway, industry experts are talking about the value of newness to homebuyers and builders. 

Codes organizations to develop new guidelines for shipping containers as building components, free rooftop solar panels to qualifying NOLA residents, Lower Manhattan's coming streetscape transformation pilot program report, NYC's modular construction aff