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- NAHB and ICC Release 2025 Edition of the National Green Building Standard®NAHB and the International Code Council (ICC) proudly announce the release of the ICC 700-2025 National Green Building Standard® (NGBS)—the fifth edition of the nation’s premier residential green building standard. Approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the 2025 NGBS continues to define the benchmark for sustainable residential construction, renovation and land development across […]
- Jobsite Visits Offer Florida Teens Firsthand Look into the TradesThrough the Charlotte DeSoto Building Industry Association, Florida students are exploring the skilled trades by shadowing certified professionals on active jobsites.
- NY Governor Spotlights Importance of Home Building at HBA Awards CeremonyHighlighting her “Let Them Build” agenda, Hochul explained the struggle for young adults in the region to purchase an apartment or starter home, and her proposed solutions to help fix the issue.
- NAHB Publication Offers Housing Professionals Tools to Help Boost Customer Satisfaction and SalesBuilderBooks, the publishing arm of NAHB, released a new edition of its popular home buying resource, Buying Your New Home: A Guide to Home Buying, Second Edition.
- Electrical Safety is Important to Everyone on a Home Building SiteElectrical safety on jobsites can often be overlooked by many workers whose primary jobs do not include electrical work. But all workers and visitors on a home building jobsite can be exposed to electric risk if proper safety procedures are not followed.
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- State-Level Employment Situation: February 2026February’s labor market data point to a notable pullback in employment, with job losses concentrated across a majority of states and only modest gains elsewhere. While January showed solid momentum, February’s decline reflects emerging softness in hiring conditions, alongside uneven performance across the country. In February, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 14 states compared to […]
- Population Growth and Housing Supply Dynamics at the County Level in 2025U.S. population growth slowed notably in the latest Vintage 2025 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, with the nation expanding by just 0.5% in 20251, roughly half the pace of the prior year. The deceleration was primarily driven by a sharp decline in net international migration (NIM), which dropped from 2.7 million to 1.3 […]
- Construction Workforce Shifts: Fewer Tradesmen, More White-Collar JobsThe long-running shift in the construction labor force away from construction trades and toward management, business, and technical roles is ongoing and gaining momentum, according to NAHB’s analysis of the latest 2024 data from the American Community Survey (ACS). Although total industry employment now slightly exceeds the levels reached during the 2005–2006 housing boom, the […]
- Count of Second Homes Declines in 2024In 2024, the number of second homes in the U.S. was 6.2 million, accounting for 4.3% of the nation’s housing stock, according to NAHB estimates. This reflects a modest decline from 2022, when the number reached 6.5 million. This decline suggests some cooling following the pandemic-era surge in second home demand. Despite the recent decline, […]
- Young Adults Report More Interest in the Construction Trades: 2026 SurveyNAHB estimates the U.S. has a structural housing deficit of 1.2 million units. Among the myriad of headwinds home builders face trying to close that gap is the industry’s chronic shortage of workers in the construction trades. This shortage is responsible for an approximate $11 billion per year impact in terms of higher cost and […]
