Homebuilders

Even with an increase in both new and existing home construction activity during November, the slowdown over the previous 11 months will constrain inventory going into 2020, according to BuildFax.

U.S. homebuilder sentiment advanced in December to the highest level since 1999 amid stronger sales and a surge in prospective buyer foot traffic.

Despite an uptick in homebuilding and favorable financing rates, Hovnanian Enterprises' latest earnings results remained in the red due to a charge the company took to reposition debt.

A judge's ruling in San Mateo County is raising fears among developers and advocates for more housing construction that the state will lose its leverage for forcing cities to build their way out of California's affordability crisis.

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.

Homebuilders in the Twin Cities had their busiest October in nearly two decades.

Lakewood Ranch, Fla., led the nation in annual housing starts for the third quarter of 2019, according to Metrostudy, a research and consulting firm specializing in U.S. residential markets.

The low inventory of homes on the market has been an issue all year in the area.

New homes are on the upswing across Bakersfield as a shortage of resale properties, combined with financial incentives and creative amenity packages, persuades shoppers to take a second look at some of the city's newest neighborhoods.

Mortgage applications to purchase new homes dropped 8% in September from August, as ongoing uncertainty over interest rate movements and economy likely kept buyers out of the market, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

New-home construction in September pulled back from a 12-year high though the key single-family category was stable, signaling the housing market is firming amid low mortgage rates and steady demand.