The index increased 24 points to a level of 53, which is the highest second-quarter number since the inception of the index in 2008 and the seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year improvements.
David Weekley Homes, one of the nation’s largest privately held home builders, released the winners of its "Partners of Choice" Award for 2013, which recognizes outstanding suppliers from the builder's evaluation system.
Sales of newly built, single-family homes surged 8.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted, annual rate of 497,000 units in June, their fastest pace in the last five years.
Doug Maier, president of Maier Development Solutions, Jacksonville, and architect Deryl Patterson, a partner in BSB Design?s Jacksonville office, explain how they rebooted Old San Jose with new product and a fresh streetscape.
Nationwide housing starts declined 9.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 836,000 units in June as construction of multifamily buildings slowed following recent months of strong activity in that sector.
The new building code in Prescott, Ariz., will foster new energy efficient solutions and will require new conformance inspections and testing to specified limits.
City migration, preference for community could be harbingers for infill; Zillow survey finds consumers need Mortgage 101; six builders break ground in Canyon Falls, Texas