homebuilders

Sales of new homes have suffered, but plenty of projects remain active. Homebuilders have yet to make steep cuts to their payrolls, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday

A home for sale today is nearly twice as likely to be newly built than in 2019 as a glut of unsold projects reaches the market, according to a new report from Redfin

Real estate employers added about as many jobs in September as would normally be expected this time of year, despite the market downturn

Lumber futures were trading at $454 per thousand board feet Monday after ascending to $539 per thousand board feet the week earlier, according to numbers tracked at Nasdaq.com

Hits to broker commissions and home construction drove a decline in real estate gross domestic product in Q3 of the year, new data shows

Acquiring construction materials remains expensive for homebuilders, even as a reduction in demand may be relieving supply chains, according to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Construction costs remain high. But one of the biggest headaches for builders — obtaining lumber at a steady price — may be normalizing

Real estate hiring bucked seasonal expectations for September, reflecting steady payrolls despite a weakening sales environment, according to new data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics

The number of new construction projects for single-family homes dropped by 10% in July, the steepest decline of the year, according to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Builder sentiment dropped at the second-fastest pace of the last two decades as construction companies began cutting costs, according to the National Association of Home Builders

In parts of the country, buyers are backing out of contracts for new homes at rates not seen since the shock of the pandemic first set in during March of 2020

It’s getting hairy out there for homebuilders as construction leaders report that buyers are losing interest in pricy new properties now that mortgage rates have climbed, according to a new survey

Employers added 16,700 residential construction jobs in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, nearly doubling the national rate of job growth, according to new Department of Labor figures

Zillow Senior Economist Jeff Tucker is skeptical that a housing bubble is looming, but he worries such talk could hurt future buyers in need of homebuilders to continue producing new inventory