Homebuilders

The vision underpinning the American dream — of fresh-faced young people buying a first home with a white-picket fence — hasn't held up well.

Most U.S. construction takes place in counties with millennial concentrations, but the rate that new homes are built in these regions is relatively slower than it is elsewhere.

New-home construction rose in October as single-family starts registered the strongest pace since the beginning of the year.

Newport Beach needs to approve 4,800 new housing units over the next decade.

Homebuilder sentiment in the U.S. eased in November for the first time in five months while holding close to the highest level since February 2018.

A proposal by a single utility threatens to upend California’s sweeping mandate requiring solar panels on almost every new home.

A developer who swindled almost $400,000 from six families who sought new homes in Kirkwood, Mo., was sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Houston held its spot as the No. 2 market for new home starts in the third quarter, according to a new report from Metrostudy.

Taylor Morrison Home Corp. has agreed to buy William Lyon Homes in a deal that would combine the two companies' in-house mortgage divisions and make the resulting entity the fifth-largest U.S. homebuilder.

The pace of Colorado Springs-area home construction picked up again last month, as rock-bottom mortgage rates and a strong local economy continued to drive the local demand for houses.