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15 Small Towns in America Building the Most New Homes

To determine the locations building the most homes, researchers at Construction Coverage analyzed data from the U.S. Census ...
Newsweek

People Living in Old Houses Rises as Home Building Struggles

Homebuilders are building, but not quick enough. While 2023 saw roughly 30 percent of all housing inventory comprising new construction in a historic year for the market, the average age of ...
Fast Company

Here’s what it actually costs to build a single-family home, as told by one pie chart

According to the National Association of Home Builders, these are the average itemized costs in each stage of construction for a new single-family home. How much does it really cost to build a home?
USA Today

A close look at the cost of building a new home

If you're in the market for a new home, you might wonder about the factors contributing to the home's total cost. The National Association of Home Builders recently published a Cost of Construction ...
The New York Times

Can’t Afford a House? Just Build One in the Backyard.

In Toronto, where housing prices are racing ahead of inventory, residents are building homes in their yards and moving their children or their parents into them. By Michael Kaminer After the last of ...
Los Angeles Times

California is building fewer homes. The state could get even more expensive

Ken Kahan makes a living building homes. A specialty? Luxury apartment complexes in Los Angeles neighborhoods such as Palms and Silver Lake filled with mostly market rate units, but with a handful of ...
The Providence Journal

RI home building slowest in continental US in new Census numbers. What state leaders say.

Rhode Island was the slowest state to build new homes since 2020. The state also built the fewest number of new units in the continental US in 2024. The numbers come out as the RI House passes new ...