Higher energy costs are raising building material prices. Producers use less coal than they once did, but compared to 2022, they have the same exposure to oil and gas.

This blog post was authored by Thad Berkes, Chief Cost Estimator, Design Collaborative. The start of 2025 has introduced increased pricing volatility and reduced predictability due to changing tariffs ...

REDUCING COSTS: While individual energy-saving habits can help save money, the real factors in energy consumption are more complex. January 18, 2026 Last month, a South Carolina college newspaper had ...

When Gov. Maura Healey laid out a plan to build 222,000 homes by 2035, the message was clear: Massachusetts has no time to ...

Buying a house used to be a rite of passage for middle-class Americans, but in recent decades, would-be homeowners have found themselves priced out of the market. The affordability crisis has become ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Traditionally, affordability in construction has been ...

Home builders with fixed price contracts can only absorb so much cost pressure. Research shows which builders were already at ...