The Builder’s Daily – Page 22 – Cantilever Real Estate

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 […]

Trump executive order targets regulatory barriers to homebuilding

March 13, 2026 by bp56691

The White House announced on Friday afternoon its effort to challenge what it calls “unnecessary regulatory barriers” to homebuilding by issuing a broad executive order to reduce environmental, permitting and programmatic restrictions that federal officials say are contributing to the nation’s housing affordability crisis. The order, signed by Donald Trump, directs multiple federal agencies to […]

Hajime Construction Buys 51% of Utah Builder Wright Homes

March 12, 2026 by bp56691

Japan-based real estate and construction giants have spent the past decade quietly building footholds across the U.S. housing market. By early 2026, those footholds are transforming into a noticeable wave of expansion. The latest development comes from Tokyo-based Hajime Construction Co., Ltd., which announced on March 10 that it has acquired a 51% equity stake […]

The edge that large remodelers leverage in a fragmented industry

March 12, 2026 by bp56691

Residential remodeling tops $500B, yet over 50% of payroll firms earn under $250,000, and M&A remains inconsistent since COVID.

Congress nears a housing deal and the investor fight is inside it

March 11, 2026 by bp56691

Congress is closing in on a major housing legislation moment. The bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, now moving from the Senate to House reconciliation after overwhelming procedural votes, stands as one of the most serious attempts in more than a generation to confront America’s housing affordability crisis. With the ballast of provisions aimed at […]

Builders gut check what buyers may like vs. what they’ll pay for

March 10, 2026 by bp56691

Homebuilders lean into multifunctional rooms, storage-first kitchens, and warm palettes as generations trade size for affordability.

Local fees trap state housing affordability reforms in a vicious circle

March 8, 2026 by bp56691

Procedural and zoning barriers are proving to be only the beginning of the gauntlet for adding new ground-up residential supply to America’s housing-starved communities. While removing red tape and outdated zoning laws might formalize more homes on paper, local fee structures still decide whether those homes are actually built. California is a poster child for […]

Can innovation, policy reform redeem manufactured housing’s image?

March 6, 2026 by bp56691

Manufactured housing is still hampered by a persistent negative stigma, but innovations in the industry could change those misconceptions.

Builders started 2026 with margin pressure, then came Iran war risk

March 5, 2026 by bp56691

Making less money but making steady headway may be a crude way to boil down what early 2026 was looking like for many homebuilding business leaders. Public homebuilder execs were not discussing a plain-and-simple “recovery trade.” The most consistent post-earnings themes – across demand, pricing, margins and capital strategy – indicated a market that is […]