Government + Policy Senate Reinstates Water and Sewer Exemption in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill The National Association of Home Builders sought to restore an exemption for water and sewer contributions in aid of construction in the...
Building Materials What Saw Mills Experienced During Lumber Price Spikes and Why Remodeling, DIY, and home building demand pushed lumber prices to new heights this past year, and it might make sense to believe lumber...
Build to Rent PulteGroup to Build 7,500 Single-Family For-Rent Homes Builder PulteGroup has agreed to construct 7,500 single-family built-for-rent homes over the span of five years for single-family rental...
Economics Housing Accounts for Nearly 17% of Country's GDP Housing made up 16.9% of the country’s GDP during the second quarter of 2021, only slightly off a 14-year high. As the economy continues to...
Construction June New-Home Sales Fail to Meet Expectations The most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows an unexpected fall in new-home sales, dropping 6.6% from May and 19.4% below June...
Construction Increases in Land Holdings, Permits Point Toward More Supply Permits and land purchases point toward an increase of supply over the next two years, says John Burns Real Estate Consulting. For-sale and...
Off-Site Construction Off-Site Construction in 2020: Small But Poised to Grow Just 3% of all single-family home construction came from off-site methods, but the National Association of Home Builders expects it to rise...
Construction Colorado Permits Reveal New-Home Construction Trend Single-family construction permits increased 7.6% from 2019 to 2020 statewide in Colorado, and breaking down the permits per county reveals...
Construction Home Builder Profitability Reached Highest Level on Record Last year’s net profit average for builders reached the highest level since management consulting firm The Shinn Group began tracking net...
Construction Starter Home Inventory at Five-Decade Low There were 418,000 new starter homes constructed in the late 1970s, but there were just 65,000 starter homes completed in 2020. Freddie Mac...
