Construction Housing Boom Leaves Small Contractors Behind Though the housing market faces intense demand, smaller contractors are not reaping the benefits that production builders are. With supply...
Construction Half of Single-Family Homes Constructed Last Year Were Single-Story The share of homes with two or more stories and one-story homes constructed last year were equal to one another as single story home...
Off-Site Construction Home Building Innovations Working Overseas Could Benefit U.S. The housing crisis or the supply chain disruption are unique experiences to the U.S., but other countries have tackled the issues in ways...
Design What Happened to These Home Features? Tim Carter of AsktheBuilder.com says today’s builders and architects are forgetting a handful of home features that can greatly improve life...
Building Materials Residential Building Materials Prices Up 23% Prices paid for goods used in residential construction increased 22.5% compared to one year ago, with specific material prices advancing...
Market Data + Trends Pandemic Exposed Deep Housing Issues, Says Harvard Report The pandemic exposed the housing industry’s long standing shortfalls, and although construction ramped up to historic levels this year,...
Market Data + Trends The U.S. Needs 5.5 Million More Units to Close Housing Gap With the release of a new report that found the housing market needs 5.5 million more units, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is...
Housing Markets Where are Single-Family and Multifamily Permits Rising? All 50 states experienced an increase in single-family permits in April compared to one year prior, but multifamily permits were much less...
Building Materials Lumber Falls to Lowest Price Since March Lumber prices dropped 5% on Friday to the lowest price since March and 37% since prices hit a peak in May. Lumber futures decreased for the...
Multifamily Multifamily Construction Posts Strong Suburban Growth Single-family construction continues to ramp up in low-density, more affordable markets to meet demand, but the National Association of Home...
