The Trump administration’s tariffs are making it more expensive to build homes, deepening the U.S. housing shortage.

Tariffs add additional costs to already rising home prices. The tariff-driven slowdown will hit buyers after the average home price has already increased 31 percent since 2020, putting homeownership ...

New tariffs could add $10,900 to construction costs — find out if home prices will rise and what this means for buyers and ...

Places To Avoid Buying a House in 2026 For You: How Middle-Class Earners Are Quietly Becoming Millionaires — and How You Can, Too Another report from Realtor.com revealed that only 28% of the homes on ...

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Fresh statistics on building permits and builder sentiment show a challenging environment for home builders and indicate fewer homes will be built in the U.S. The economic uncertainties in the U.S.

For most of the last 50 years, new homes have cost more than existing ones, nationally. Thanks to builder strategies, shifting home designs and a new construction glut the trend has flipped. Something ...

Interested in buying a new-construction home? You’re far from alone: A recent study by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) found that more than 3 in 5 homebuyers would prefer to purchase ...