Infrastructure costs and impact fees remain the persistent financial burdens in residential development. Site grading, roads, water systems, sewer lines, drainage, utilities and development impact fees are rising faster than home prices can absorb them. For builders operating on already compressed m

A rapidly aging U.S. population is accelerating demand for smart home technology that allows older adults to remain in their homes longer. Financing options, including the tapping of home equity, are emerging to help pay for it. Roughly 11,000 Americans turn 65 each day and about one in four U.S. re

As public homebuilders work to reduce their spec inventory and strike price-pace-and-incentives balances that best fit their land positions and operational fortes, Century Communities strategists are betting they can win on underpricing peers and rebuilding margins on the back of operational excelle

A third go at trying to reboot starter-home construction in Minnesota is on life support at the state Legislature, with supporters scrambling to revive it before the session ends. High-profile zoning reform bills failed in a House committee and missed key Senate deadlines late last month, potentiall