Homebuilding
John Burns Maps a Drawn-Out Building Products Recovery as Tech Wealth Skips Home Improvement
At a webinar on the state of building products, John Burns Research and Consulting principal Nishu Sood urged manufacturers and dealers to plan...
Sekisui House Washington Buys 4.79-Acre Bothell Site for $7.6MM
Sekisui House Washington’s $7.6 million purchase of a Bothell-Everett Highway parcel adds to a Puget Sound land pipeline the Japanese homebuilding giant has...
Tri Pointe Homes Opens 63-Home Plateau at Liberty Bay Community in Poulsbo
Tri Pointe Homes opened its eighth Poulsbo neighborhood since 2007 at a moment when Kitsap County’s tighter land supply has shrunk the builder’s...
Tech Layoffs Drag on Seattle-Area New-Home Demand, D.R. Horton Flags as Q3 Profit Slips
D.R. Horton executives pointed to a wave of software-industry layoffs around Seattle as a leading drag on new-home demand in the Pacific Northwest,...
KB Home Leans on Built to Order as Puget Sound Inventory Swells and Buyers Gain Leverage
KB Home is expanding its Seattle-area footprint into a Puget Sound market that is tilting decisively toward buyers, betting that its order-first sales...
Why Lumber Prices Have Plunged 75%: The Housing Affordability Crisis Explained
The dramatic surge in lumber prices during the twin-peaked bubbles of 2021 and 2022 is now a distant memory, with prices plummeting to...
