Home Builder Digest

Two years ago, Boston’s leading newspaper ran a headline that asked, “Where have all the builders gone?” The article went on to explain how limited credit supplies and stricter environmental regulations are drying up the market for new single family construction. This has forced many of the state’s custom home builders out of business. To […]

When the economy began ticking upward in 2017, Michigan custom home builders wondered what the new normal would be. The state’s housing market boomed from the late 1990s until its near collapse with the Great Recession in 2006. Since then, there have been clear but irregular signs of recovery. In early 2018, the Home Builders […]

Virginia’s custom home contractors are riding a robust market. Housing statistics for most of 2017 showed homes selling at a fast clip and at prices 4.4 percent higher than in 2016. In general, new builds cost more than resale homes, and that’s reflected in the 2017 sales numbers throughout the state. These favorable trends have […]

Rock-solid and fast-paced are how industry watchers today describe Washington’s housing market. And key indicators suggest that tempo will continue for the foreseeable future. As the demand for new homes surges, Seattle is once again among the top 10 desirable cities in the US. Not only is it a bustling and trendy waterfront town, but […]

Maryland is definitely high-end custom home country. It has the highest median income in the nation, and it is tied to the center of much of the world’s wealth and power by its proximity to Washington DC. The Baltimore – Washington DC metropolitan area, which includes the District of Columbia, greater Baltimore, and Northern Virginia, […]

Breathtaking beaches stretch for 300 miles along the Atlantic coast. Lively crowds enjoy the hip nightlife in bustling cities. Tranquil communities in the Low Country are where neighbors sip iced tea on the front porch. Add a booming economy that continues to flex its muscle, and it’s no wonder that North Carolina is a destination […]

Its nickname might be the Garden State, but most of New Jersey’s communities today bear little resemblance to the state’s rural past. In fact, the latest census data once again puts New Jersey on the list of wealthiest states in the nation. Its median household income for 2015 was $72,222, and close to 40 percent […]

This year brought good news for the Peach State’s homebuilding industry. New home construction is on the rise, spurred by a lively state economy that is ranked #14 in the country and growing fast. Statistics available to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in early January 2018 showed that new single-family homes in Georgia […]