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What's Behind the One Big Beautiful Bill for Builders?

1 week ago | probuilder.com | Rich Binsacca

Rich Binsacca is editorial director of Pro Builder Media and Custom Builder Online. He has reported and written about all aspects of the housing industry since 1987 and most recently was editor-in-chief of Pro Builder Media. [email protected]
Special Report: Insights from the Top 200 Home Builders

1 week ago | probuilder.com | Rich Binsacca

If their activity last year is any indication, Top 200 builders will continue to explore opportunities to grow, specifically in the build-to-rent (B2R) sector, while honing operational efficiencies with the help of technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality tools and pursuing land and lots in suburban and urban planned developments. B2R is especially intriguing.
Q+A: A Masterclass in Build-to-Rent

1 week ago | probuilder.com | Rich Binsacca

PB: How and why has that landscape changed in the last 2-5-10 years? NL: Over the past 10 years, Southern California—including Otay Ranch—has experienced supply constraints, which have created ongoing housing demand for both workforce and lifestyle-oriented housing, resulting in compressed vacancy rates and supporting the rise of mid- and high-density, mixed-use developments. In the past 5 years, Otay Ranch has evolved into a lifestyle-focused corridor.
Homeowners Insurance and Natural Disasters: The Other Affordability Crisis

3 weeks ago | probuilder.com | Michele Lerner

The wildfires that swept through two Los Angeles neighborhoods in January 2025 destroyed 11,434 homes valued at nearly $30 billion . Less than two years earlier, a wildfire that took out most of Lahaina Town on the Hawaiian island of Maui leveled 1,500 homes valued at about $6 billion.
A Message From NAHB's Chairman: To Solve the Housing Crisis, Let Builders Build

3 weeks ago | probuilder.com | Buddy Hughes

Governmental overreach at the local, state, and federal levels is a significant hurdle to building more homes. Overly restrictive policies governing building materials, zoning, and energy use have created an imbalance of supply and demand. Uncertainty surrounding tariff policies and interest rates has also created doubt for potential homebuyers. Finally, concerns around funding for workforce training are making the future of home building even more uncertain.
Where Commercial Meets Residential

1 month ago | probuilder.com | James McClister

While the NEWLOOK Idea Home will ultimately blend into the nature that surrounds it, builder and architect Michael Freiburger never tried to hide the fact that the structure is unique—not that he could have. It’s an 11,000-square-foot home, with 10,000 square feet of finished space, set on about 100 concrete pillars.
The Story Behind the NEWLOOK Experience Home, Part 1

1 month ago | probuilder.com | James McClister

By his own account it was secure, rewarding work, but never more than that. And as his passion for creating became more evident, so did his awareness that he was cut out for something different, something more his own. Michael left the comfort of his corporate 9-5 to join his father in the field, working again at the business he would one day call his own. At the time, the company was known as NEWLOOK Exteriors.
Envisioning A New Way to Live: The Story Behind the NEWLOOK Experience Home, Part 2

1 month ago | probuilder.com | James McClister

Part 2 of 2: Faced with a new reality and definition of “home,” Micheal Freiburger reimagines a place where almost every personal and work life experience is accommodated. In the years after taking ownership of NEWLOOK Design+Build+Development in Wilmette, Ill., Michael Freiburger has stretched and flexed his creativity by reimagining what’s possible in the residential space and in the process often finding ways to leverage his engineering and commercial building skills.
Floodproof on a Floodplain

1 month ago | probuilder.com | James McClister

In Chicago’s North Shore, set along the historic Winnetka Road—a road famously lined with some of Chicagoland’s most exceptional custom homes—is a beautiful piece of land, bordered by a forest preserve and natural waterway, that, until recently, had remained unoccupied and untouched for more than a decade. Not because builders weren’t building or buyers weren’t buying. It’s an area always in demand.
AHF Products: No More Singing the Blues about Scratched Hardwood Floors

1 month ago | probuilder.com | Michele Lerner

AHF Products: No More Singing the Blues about Scratched Hardwood FloorsWhile hardwood floors are revered for their timeless beauty, some homeowners opt out because of the fear of water damage or that their pets will scratch the wood. Proprietary technology from AHF Products solves that dilemma.