How to Get a One-of-a-Kind Home, The Easy Way
Even though I live in a custom-designed house, I don’t recommend designing your own place from scratch. It’s not for everyone.
Foreign Firms Make Inroads on U.S. Homebuilding
As federal and state authorities continue to clamp down on foreign investments in American businesses and real estate that could pose a risk to national security, some foreign entities are expanding into American homebuilding.
These Show Homes Take Different Paths
Two model homes being showcased at this week’s International Builders’ Show try to offer solutions to some of today’s biggest challenges: sustainability and the difficulty of “trading up” as your family changes.
Recycle at Home, With Your Home
Scrap tires have been recycled for years into building products like flooring, infill decking and septic system drain fields. But they’re not the only thing. From coal ash to washed-up seaweed, our homes help reduce and reuse.
Homebuilders Ride a Bifurcated Housing Market
The existing home market has been stymied – by mortgage rates in the 8 percent range and ultra-low inventory – and it’s created an opening for builders to take credit for double their normal share of sales.
Glaring Need for Housing Construction Underlined by Century 21 CEO
The highest mortgage rates in more than two decades are keeping many prospective homebuyers out of the market and discouraging homeowners who locked in ultra-low rates from listing their home for sale.
New Construction Makes Up Nearly 1 in 5 Boston Houses for Sale
With most homeowners who might have sold in other years sitting tight, the share of newly-built homes in the Greater Boston housing market has nearly doubled in a single year.
Home Prices Rose Little, But Made Big Contribution to Inflation
In February, overall house prices registered their smallest year-over-year gain since September 2021. Even so, housing’s share of the Consumer Price Index rose at an accelerated pace.
What Buyers of New Construction Are Really Looking For
When it comes to new homes, the savvy buyer knows what they want. But buyer desires have some big differences depending on the type of property they’re hunting for.
For Homebuilders, Something Has to Give
Homebuilders are cutting back: not just in the number of bedrooms, but also the number of bathrooms and anything else where they can make their plans less expensive to build.
Traders Bet on Builder Stocks Despite Slowing Housing Market
The U.S. housing market has gone from red-hot to decidedly tepid since the spring, though you wouldn’t know it by this summer’s sharp rebound in homebuilder’s stocks.
Homebuilder Confidence, Single-Family Starts Drop Dramatically
Builder confidence plunged in July as high inflation and increased interest rates stalled the housing market by dramatically slowing sales, buyer traffic and housing starts according to new data.
Homebuyers Spend $14K on Houses Post-Purchase
You’ve paid an ungodly amount for your house. You’ve also paid more than you can believe in closing costs. But if you are like the typical homebuyer, your spending isn’t over.
Homebuilder Incentives on the Horizon
Short-term interest rate buy-downs and free or discounted upgrades may soon be coming to a housing market near you.
New Ways to Build Take Center Stage
Houses made out of Lego blocks? How about affordable homes built from 3D printers? All of these ideas and more have moved off the drawing board and into the marketplace.
Triple Whammy Slows Homebuilders
Homebuilders are an optimistic bunch. They normally purchase land or finished lots, spend thousands on lumber and myriad other materials, and start putting up houses – often before the first customer walks in the door. That’s not the case now, though, and hasn’t been for months.
ARPA Spending Bill in Works for the Fall
Passing a bill to spend some of the federal funding allocated to Massachusetts through the American Rescue Plan Act before the Thanksgiving holiday is a “reasonable” goal, House Speaker Ronald Mariano said Monday.
A Background in Construction Leads to Condo Pipeline
After starting out in suburban home construction, J.D. Wild is adding to the multifamily inventory in Boston neighborhoods that are seeing a surge of condominium construction as head of Boston-based Elevated Realty’s development business.
Mid-Cape Home Centers Acquired
Specialty building materials supply distributor US LBM has bought one of the Cape’s most prominent, local building supply firms.
New Ways of Homebuilding, Selling Find Openings
Sure, stick building is still the norm. And most builders are still using model homes to show off their wares in the best light possible. But slowly and surely, they are changing the way they do business – some say for the better.
