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Michigan agrees to delay new home construction codes amid builder lawsuits
Construction crews set the frame of a home in the 1400 block of East Stockbridge Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in this MLive file photo. New home building codes setting minimums standards requiring greater levels of energy efficiency were set to go into effect on Aug. 29, 2025, but the state…
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Top Ten Builder Share Rises Again
The top ten builders captured a record 44.7% of all new U.S. single-family home closings in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points from 2023 (42.3%). This is the highest share ever captured by the top ten builders since NAHB began tracking BUILDER magazine data on new single-family home closings in 1989. The 2024 share constitutes 306,932 closings out…
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Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty moves towards 25,550; smallcap index rises
Indian markets now face a new hurdle. Just as the country awaited the fine print of a potential trade deal with the US, it now has to contend with an additional tariff threat. US President Donald …
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Michigan agrees to delay new home construction codes amid builder lawsuits
Construction crews set the frame of a home in the 1400 block of East Stockbridge Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in this MLive file photo. New home building codes setting minimums standards requiring greater levels of energy efficiency were set to go into effect on Aug. 29, 2025, but the state…
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Top Ten Builder Share Rises Again
The top ten builders captured a record 44.7% of all new U.S. single-family home closings in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points from 2023 (42.3%). This is the highest share ever captured by the top ten builders since NAHB began tracking BUILDER magazine data on new single-family home closings in 1989. The 2024 share constitutes 306,932 closings out…
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‘We’re stuck with this house’: Utah family says their $860K new build cracked, flooded and forced them out
Danielle Antosz July 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM Utah home nightmare When Neal and Jessica Schmidt relocated from Chicago to Lehi, Utah, they were looking for more space for their growing family. They already had two young children and had just found out they were expecting a third. Drawn in by the stunning mountain views…
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How a home builds generational wealth: home equity and your family’s future
My mother never had substantial savings, investments or anything of value other than her house. It was her wish to pass on her only significant asset to her three kids: me, my brother and my sister. And when she died, she made it happen: we inherited her home. And with that, she laid a foundation…
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Builders sue to block Michigan’s first new home construction codes in 10 years
LANSING, MI – Building industry groups are suing the state of Michigan to block new requirements making new homes significantly more energy efficient, saving homeowners thousands on utility bills in the long run, before the standards take effect later this summer. Homebuilders say the upfront costs of new building codes are too much. “Michigan faces…
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Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association leader Miles Conway leaving for state association CEO position
Officials at the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association are searching for a new leader as the organization’s executive officer of many years, Miles Conway, has announced he is leaving for a similar job with the New Mexico Home Builders Association. The move was announced in a Monday news release from the Santa Fe association,…
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New 113-home development at University Club moves forward, but with certain conditions
The proposed addition of 113 new homes in the University Club neighborhood has gotten a green light, with a promised traffic roundabout and a new development condition to appease some residents who have publicly opposed the proposal for months. The St. George Planning Commission approved Monday the rest of the preliminary plat for the 113-home…