5 Steps to Cracking the Code for a High-Performance Home
As a model of energy savings, water conservation, indoor comfort and health, and use of on-site renewable energy, The New American Home 2024 offers valuable lessons
Proven Ways to Improve Jobsite Productivity
Consider these solutions for reducing cycle time, hard costs, dry runs, rework, miscommunication, and overall inefficiencies on the jobsite
Proven Ways to Improve Jobsite Productivity
Consider these solutions for reducing cycle time, hard costs, dry runs, rework, miscommunication, and overall inefficiencies on the jobsite
What Does It Cost to Build a Single-Family Home?
A closer look at the itemized costs in each stage of construction for a single-family home
5 Ways to Silence Squeaky Floors
Take these tips to heart to deliver quiet floors and satisfied homeowners
Which States and Construction Trades Rely Most on Immigrant Workers?
California and Texas have higher concentrations of immigrants in their construction workforce, and certain skilled trades also rely more on foreign-born labor than others
Construction
June Housing Starts Remain Strong, Permits Continue to Weaken
Housing production remained strong in June, says the National Association of Home Builders, but rising construction and material costs may be the…
Construction
What Does a Drop in Building Permits Mean for Future Construction?
Data released this week from the U.S. Census Bureau point toward a slowdown for new-home construction. CNBC reports that single family housing…
Building Materials
Why Buyers Won’t Find Relief in Lower Lumber Prices
Homebuyers will not see lower home prices due to dropping lumber prices because it’s just one factor among many others causing builders to raise…
Builders
Texas Builder Promises Buyers it Will Stay True to Contractual Prices
While other home builders have upped the cost of a project amid rising materials costs, one Texas builder said he chose to put his company’s…
Building Materials
Other Building Materials Keep Costs Up as Lumber Prices Fall
The National Association of Home Builders estimated the cost of lumber added $35,872 to the cost of a new single-family home back in April. Now…
Construction
NAR Study Says Years of Underbuilding to Blame for Housing Shortage
The United States needs anywhere from 5 million to 6.8 million more housing units to meet housing needs, according to a recent study by the…
Construction
The Leading Cause of New Home Structural Failures? Fill Dirt
As the leading cause of new home structural failures, fill dirt is one of the most important structural elements of a home. And when fill dirt…
Economics
Will New Lumber Prices Lower Home Prices?
Now that lumber prices have fallen near pre-pandemic levels, the cost of constructing an average single-family home is now cheaper, but builders…
Building Materials
OSB Costs 500% More Since 2020
While the country’s eyes and ears were locked onto the changes of lumber prices, other building material costs shot up, such as oriented strand…
Building Materials
Lumber Prices Drop 21% in Five Days—When Will it Normalize?
In just five days, the price of lumber fell 21% to $642 per thousand board feet. Lumber prices hit a record high on May 7 at the price of $1,670…
