Home Building News

Chris Clark got into the contracting and construction business in 1975, learning the trades as he worked on them.

As a provider of semi-custom homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Grand Homes has become recognized for its swift work, as well as its dedication to delivering exceptional, quality results that provide unique homes that fit the personalities of consumers.

Pam Monson Editor In an effort to restart new home construction, the city of Wilmington is giving builders a small break - they still have to pay all of the fees associated with building a new home, but now have the opportunity to pay some of them at a time when their cash flows a little easier.

That was the question dividing Baxter council members Tuesday night and had one council member pressing for a motion to approve even as the city attorney asked for more time.

These days, 3D printing is everywhere. From charms and tchotchkes to guns and even body parts, the automagical thing-maker is opening up programmers and designers to new ways of developing their products.

The stock market is closing higher as investors anticipate that the Federal Reserve will keep programs to support the U.S. economy in place.

Construction of new U.S. homes rebounded in May on the back of more apartment construction, according to a government report released Tuesday that signals continued healthy activity in the building sector despite higher mortgage rates.

U.S. builders stepped up home construction in May and applied for permits to build single-family homes at the fastest pace in five years.

In this Monday, May 6, 2013 photo, construction is underway on the infrastructure of a multi-acre housing development in Zelienople, Pa.

Rick Martinez of B&C Construction hammers nails into a wall as workers frame up a home in the Bellevue subdivision of Ivory Homes Monday, June 17, 2013, in Draper.

The annual poll, conducted by the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo bank, found that 52 percent of homebuilders describe their outlook on sales as optimistic.

A widely followed measure of home builder sentiment jumped to a seven-year high in June, the National Association of Home Builders said today.

The Tulare City Council will pick up a public hearing about the proposed increase for city service fees Tuesday at its regular scheduled meeting.

By the steering wheel in a cramped RV, Maria Rinaldi, 34, has a small office set-up.

Portrait Homes' Panorama Woods is one of the developments that has won the Grimm brothers the award for Home Building Persons of the Year.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY From the early 1990s to the beginning of this century, "bigger is better" certainly was the mantra of the home-building industry.

QUINCY, Mass.-Homebuilders often oppose state or local laws requiring home fire sprinklers, contending the added expense will negatively impact housing construction.

Among the 18new homes in the Kalamazoo Association of Realtors' 2013 Parade of Homes are several condominiums and several surprises.

Break time was approaching, but Keith Duncan wanted to make one last concentrated push in order to get the large Penske truck unloaded.

Sedgwick County commissioners voted 3-2 to take no action Wednesday on a tax-increment financing district in Derby proposed to improve an intersection that the Kansas Department of Transportation says has a higher-than-average rate of accidents.