The Builder’s Daily – Page 2 – Cantilever Real Estate

Arizona housing reform push would curb HOA, design mandates

March 22, 2026 by bp56691

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 […]

Why these round homes are resilient to hurricanes

March 20, 2026 by bp56691

Deltec Homes builds round prefabs rated up to roughly 190 mph, and cites a 99.9% major hurricane survival rate over 3 decades.

Built-for-rent multifamily starts jump 18% in Q4 2025

March 20, 2026 by bp56691

Built-for-rent multifamily construction surged at the end of 2025, extending the cycle’s heavy tilt toward rentals and keeping average apartment sizes below pre-Great Recession levels, according to a National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) analysis of Census Bureau data. NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz reported that 96,000 multifamily units started construction in the fourth quarter […]

January new home sales fall 17.6%, weather and rates in focus

March 19, 2026 by bp56691

January new home sales fell to a 587,000 annual rate, down 17.6% from December, with prices at $400,500, after a positive sales year in 2025.

BFS CEO Jackson maps a bigger role in homebuilding workflows

March 19, 2026 by bp56691

Builders FirstSource details how BFS’ full-stack supply, installation and digitial services support homebuilders.

Spanberger’s Virginia housing agenda falls short on local pushback

March 18, 2026 by bp56691

New Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s first-year housing agenda delivered new money and new tools for affordable housing preservation, but it fell short on the package’s biggest supply-side proposal: a statewide push to allow multifamily housing by right in many commercially zoned areas. A pair of bills would have required local zoning codes to allow multifamily […]

How FrameTec plans to cut build-cycle times and reduce waste

March 17, 2026 by bp56691

FrameTec says pre-marked framing and wall panels can cut build steps by days, as builders face a 723,000 worker annual gap.

Homebuilder confidence nudges up but remains below par

March 16, 2026 by bp56691

Builder confidence stayed at 38 in March, with 37% cutting prices and oil near $100 per barrel adding pressure to demand and costs.

Wyoming refund exposes legal risk for local housing fee ordinances

March 16, 2026 by bp56691

Small wins on impact fees occasionally occur in costly U.S. housing markets. Teton County, Wyoming, officials agreed last week to refund a $24,325 “affordable workforce housing” fee that a homeowner had to pay to obtain a permit to build a single-family home. The payment settles a lawsuit the homeowner filed last year in a Wyoming […]

Housing muni market swells amid affordability policy debate

March 16, 2026 by bp56691

Financing affordable housing development – typically for lower-income households – is one of the most challenging matters in real estate. Making the economics work on a deal requires layered “hard and soft” funding sources as developers navigate rising costs, policy instability, and structural gaps in the subsidy system. The process is so complicated that professionals […]