Single-family home construction is booming, ... Share Download. Most of the new single-family homes are being built in suburbs, says Ali Wolf at data firm Zonda. Scott Olson/Getty Images.

The March figure was down 9.7% from a year earlier, and at the lowest level since June 2024. Multi-family housing starts fell just 3.5% on the month, but were up 48% from last year, when they hit ...

Slower construction of both single-family and multifamily homes contributed to the overall drop. Building permits dipped 3.8 percent, pointing to less future construction.

According to the 2024 survey of home builders, the biggest single component of a new home’s total sales price is construction costs, which accounts for around 64.4%.

The HBGI grew by 17.5% in areas where second homes are prevalent — defined as a county in which at least 10.3% of the total housing stock is a second home. While single-family construction ...

Single-family housing starts dropped 2.1% last month from March, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 927,000, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Friday. The April figure was down 12% from a ...

According to the 2024 survey of home builders, the biggest single component of a new home’s total sales price is construction costs, which accounts for around 64.4%.