Construction New-Home Sizes Level Off, Pointing Toward Future of Larger Homes Following years of steady decline, the size of new homes leveled off at 2,274 square feet in 2020. The National Association of Home Builders...
Building Materials Lumber Prices Double Amid a 12% Decline in Housing Starts As lumber prices doubled in price, the number of new single-family construction starts dropped dramatically from December numbers. According...
Builders In the Face of Record-High Lumber Prices, Builders Remain Confident Despite lumber prices shooting up after a bout of price drops, home builder confidence inched up this month. According to the National...
Building Materials Record-High Lumber Prices Stifle Builders and Housing Affordability Record-high lumber prices are threatening to halt the residential construction sector, and in turn, hold back the economy. Chuck Fowke,...
Off-Site Construction A Look Inside the Google-Backed Modular Home Company Factory OS According to CNBC, there’s a shortage of roughly 7 million affordable homes for the 11 million low-income families in the U.S. Off-site...
Education + Training New Legislation Boosts Residential Construction Training Programs Last week, the House approved legislation that aims to bolster skills-based training programs through greater assistance and funding. The...
Quality Matters Say Goodbye to Concrete Cold Joints A look at cold joints in concrete and how to prevent them
Market Data + Trends Construction Outpaces Population Growth—What Does That Mean for Demand? Housing inventory may be low now, but the comparison between new construction and population growth reveals a trend of overbuilding, says...
Resilient Construction Roughly 35 Million Homes Are at ‘High Risk’ From a Natural Disaster A new study by CoreLogic found nearly one-third of the nation’s housing to be at risk of a natural disaster. By analyzing the severity and...
Affordability Building This Type of Housing Could Solve the Housing Shortage The National Association of Home Builders suggests two to four unit multifamily housing to be a fit solution for the housing shortage. Such...
