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Single-Family Starts Rebound but Market Challenges Persist
Single-Family Starts Rebound but Market Challenges Persist
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Single-family housing starts rebounded in August, but production remains down 4.7% year to date as builders contend with rising construction costs, lot and labor shortages, and economic uncertainty. Overall housing ...
With Inflation Uptick, Fed Hikes and Signals More to Come
With Inflation Uptick, Fed Hikes and Signals More to Come
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The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points at the conclusion of its September policy meeting, bringing the target range to 3.75% to 4%. The decision ...
Builder Sentiment Falls on Higher Interest Rates and Costs
Builder Sentiment Falls on Higher Interest Rates and Costs
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Higher mortgage rates, worsening labor shortages and rising material costs are weighing on builder sentiment. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell three points to 32 ...
Single-Family Permitting Declines Through July as Multifamily Activity Remains Stronger
Single-Family Permitting Declines Through July as Multifamily Activity Remains Stronger
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Single-family permitting activity continued to weaken through the first seven months of 2026, while multifamily permitting remained stronger compared with the same period last year. Although single-family permits declined in ...
Women’s Share of Construction Workforce Reaches 20-Year High in 2025
Women’s Share of Construction Workforce Reaches 20-Year High in 2025
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In 2025, the number of women employed in the construction industry rose to around 1.37 million, an increase of about 31,000 from 2024. Women accounted for 11.3% of total construction ...
Value of Household Real Estate Assets Approaches $50 Trillion
Value of Household Real Estate Assets Approaches $50 Trillion
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The market value of households’ real estate assets rose in the second quarter, reaching $49.8 trillion, according to the most recent release of U.S. Federal Reserve Z.1 Financial Accounts. This ...
Custom Home Premium Highest Since 2011
Custom Home Premium Highest Since 2011
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The custom home premium, the difference between what typical buyers pay per square foot for a contractor-built home and a spec home, reached 12.6%, its highest level since 2011, according ...
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The homebuyer tax credit program is in the past for the housing industry. But we can begin to take a look back at the impact of the program using Internal Revenue Service data from 2009 to map where the tax credit was claimed by homebuyers. As with the energy...

As we enter into the last week of the 2010 tax filing season, it is a good time to look at some basic statistics concerning how construction firms, including home builders, organize for tax purposes and how much revenue they pay to the federal government. We...

The Government Accountability Office has released a report tallying the number of homebuyers benefitting from the homebuyer tax credit. The numbers are still incomplete as the IRS continues to process submitted claims. Further, some homebuyers will not claim the credit until the end of the...

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