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Home improvement contractors remain cautiously optimistic despite slowdown Home improvement contractors show cautious optimism

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Most home improvement contractors are still optimistic about the future of the market, but headwinds such as material costs and reined-in consumer spending are weighing down expectations.  The Q3 Contractor Activity Tracker, released by The Farnsworth Group and Home Improvement Research Institute, found that home improvement contractors are less optimistic than they were a year […]

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Supreme Court’s tariffs case could have minimal impact on construction costs Supreme Court to decide on Trump tariffs, but many construction levies will remain

Construction, Policy, Tariffs, The Builder's Daily, Trump administration /

The Supreme Court could decide on the legality of many of the Trump administration’s tariffs within months, but the ruling won’t impact many of the administration’s levies on imported construction materials such as lumber, steel, aluminum and copper.  The case before the Supreme Court contests the legality of the president’s use of the International Emergency

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The 50-year mortgage: I’m not buying the “forever loan”

Finance, Policy, The Builder's Daily /

A 50-year mortgage sounds like the next big innovation in housing finance, a way to make homes “affordable” again in an era of high prices and stubborn interest rates. But the way I was raised and educated, financial independence and straight talk count. Having studied economics at Texas A&M, I see this for what it

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What if the real homebuilding disruption isn’t AI — It’s culture?

Leadership, The Builder's Daily /

He wasn’t complaining.He wasn’t catastrophizing.He was being honest. A homebuilding CEO — one of the dozens who write privately in moments of candor — put it this way: “We are far from solving the problem… margins will be in the 18% range if things go well.” Then came the real admission, the one that strips

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How homebuilders can embed trust into the digital buyers journey

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The home-buying experience was once defined by its predictability. Lock in a mortgage rate, insure the property, and build equity over time. That rhythm is breaking down. According to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Cost of Housing Index, a typical family earning the median U.S. income now spends 36% of earnings on a new home—and low-income buyers

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