$95M funding, USLBM deal back Higharc AI push in homebuilding

Artificial intelligence has reached homebuilding’s proving ground. Not the proving ground for a demo or a pitch deck, nor the conference-stage jumbo-screen promise that technology will transform an industry whose complexity has humbled generations of would-be transformers. It’s the real sniff test. AI’s proving ground has become the homebuilding business itself. It is land acquired […]

Colorado’s Drive It Home financing kicks off with affordable condos

A small condominium project in Denver’s West Colfax neighborhood may be the best evidence yet that Colorado’s housing reforms are producing real results. The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority this month closed a $5.7 million low-interest construction loan for Wolff Street Flats, a 23-unit affordable for-sale development by Osina Development and Modus Real Estate. It […]

NYC builds taller housing again, as state, city law reset the stage

New York City is increasing housing density, though much of the early progress stems from state law changes and rezonings that predate Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration. Those moves are now starting to show up in steel and concrete, even as Mamdani advances his own housing agenda. The clearest example is in Midtown South. City officials […]

Arizona housing reform push would curb HOA, design mandates

After failing to turn starter-home legislation into law, Arizona lawmakers are advancing two bills that would curb local control over design standards, homeowners associations and contractor licensing – a renewed attempt to chip away at costs amid the state’s housing shortage. Lawmakers are close to passing a measure that would strip municipalities of much of […]