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Austin cuts minimum lot size by more than a third, requiring less land to build a home
More homes, less lawn. This was the pitch made by Austin City Council members Friday when, for the first time in 80 years, they voted to lower the amount of land needed to build one house. The change allows property owners to build a home on as little as 1,800 square feet of land. This…
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New care home given approval despite criticism
Neil McTaggart, whose home overlooks the site off Steamer Quay Road, said the building would “dominate the space rather than blending into the hillside”. “It is totally out of keeping with Totnes,” he said. Councillor Georgina Allen said she was concerned about overdevelopment of the site and the stability of the ground beneath. “What used…
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Utah launches all-out push to build thousands of new ‘starter homes’ that you might be able to afford
Para leer este artículo en español, haz clic aquí. Much like May blossoms, Utah’s latest attempt to ease its housing crisis is unfolding with the spring home shopping season. Yet this big-dollar gambit to spur construction of 35,000 new starter homes across the state in five years is meant not so much at helping today’s…
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Builders are pulling back on single-family home construction
Even with a massive housing shortage across the nation, homebuilders are completing their pipelines and not seeking as many permits to construct new single-family houses. Privately owned housing starts climbed to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.360 million units, up 5.7% month over month and down 0.6% year over year, according to a report…
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Builders Are Finishing More and More Homes, But Permits Have Been Flat
The latest data on new residential construction from the U.S. Census Bureau paints a somewhat mixed picture of the housing market. While housing completions surged in April, Housing starts only increased modestly and building permits declined both building permits slipped to the lowest level since last summer. The following bullet points break down the numbers…
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Toll Brothers Opens New Collection of Luxury Homes in Riverside Oaks Community in Sanford, Florida
SANFORD, Fla., May 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced the highly anticipated opening of Riverside Oaks – Estates Collection, a new collection of 51 home sites in Seminole County, Florida. Home buyers are invited to visit the Toll Brothers Sales Center located at…
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New homes must not only be available and affordable, they must be accessible, too
Dave Wilkes is president and CEO of the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), the voice of the home building, land development and professional renovation industry in the GTA. As we build the 1.5 million homes needed to address the shortage of supply, we must recognize that the homes we build today will help…
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Utah launches all-out push to build thousands of new ‘starter homes’ that you might be able to afford
Para leer este artículo en español, haz clic aquí. Much like May blossoms, Utah’s latest attempt to ease its housing crisis is unfolding with the spring home shopping season. Yet this big-dollar gambit to spur construction of 35,000 new starter homes across the state in five years is meant not so much at helping today’s…
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Builders are pulling back on single-family home construction
Even with a massive housing shortage across the nation, homebuilders are completing their pipelines and not seeking as many permits to construct new single-family houses. Privately owned housing starts climbed to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.360 million units, up 5.7% month over month and down 0.6% year over year, according to a report…
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Builders Are Finishing More and More Homes, But Permits Have Been Flat
The latest data on new residential construction from the U.S. Census Bureau paints a somewhat mixed picture of the housing market. While housing completions surged in April, Housing starts only increased modestly and building permits declined both building permits slipped to the lowest level since last summer. The following bullet points break down the numbers…