KB Home Expands Into Fast‑growing Atlanta Market
KB Home—America's 7th largest homebuilder—to enter the Atlanta housing market Builders go where population is rising, land is available to entitle, and the regulatory and demand environment makes it feasible to build at prices the market can absorb https://t.co/MIOQgDjpvw
Canvas Robot Automates Precise Wall Mapping, Spraying, Sanding
Meet Canvas: The #Robot That Maps, Sprays and Sands Walls to Perfection by @Canvas_Build #FutureTech #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology #Tech https://t.co/qLaIvY2DzM
Homebuilders Slash 2026 Start Growth Forecast From 7% to 2%
Homebuilders we survey came into 2026 expecting 7% growth in single-family starts for the year. We asked them again in May, and they’re now planning for just 2% growth, which we think is still too optimistic. https://t.co/LZj2ktj7Gp
Gravity‑Aligned Brick‑Laying Machine Redefines Pavement Construction
RoadPrinter: Gravity-Aligned Brick-Laying Machine Revolutionizes Smooth Pavement Construction by @tsende_mgl #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology #Tech https://t.co/qxBxkPXimr
Inclusionary Zoning Fails Affordability, Stifles Housing Production
I'm not aware of a single instance where IZ mandates ushered in broad improvements in housing affordability, but I'm aware of loads of instances in which they crushed housing production. Blue cities/states need to take the evidence seriously and scrap...
AI Cuts Bid Time, Lets Contractors Triple Workload
Rudus is an AI takeoff platform for concrete contractors. A single bid takes 100+ hours of tracing by hand. Rudus automates this process so teams can bid on 3-5x more work without hiring. Congrats on the launch @goesahil & @RishiPankh47917! https://t.co/DTu9VwIIGx https://t.co/phQhCWXtI2
Nobel Science Powers MIT Startup's Revolutionary AC
MIT Startup Uses New Materials to Reinvent Air Conditioning @transaera CTO Ross Bonner explains how Nobel Prize-winning science is changing how we heat and cool buildings. #energytransition https://youtu.be/W2bcOGIWBcM
New England Ready for Major Gas Pipeline Expansion
New England Is Poised for a Major Gas Pipeline Push #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/wVxRJmTr5g https://t.co/GaJGCWRtgV
NYC Mayor's Team Evaluates Building Carbon Costs
#NYC turning over a greener leaf, as #MayorMamdani admin studies #carbon costs of bldgs. 'This is abt bldg a city that works today w/o compromising the future' #realestate #CRE #NYU #Rutgers #environmental #climatechange https://t.co/lQN1hFwsT3 via @WSJ
Retrofit America’s Aging Suspension Bridges for Safety
😅 Should the U.S. retrofit more of its old suspension bridges? The Golden Gate Bridge once twisted in a windstorm, but engineers figured out how to fix it.
German Home Prices Up Nominally, Still Flat in Real Terms
Good Morning from Germany, where house prices are rising slightly again – but only in nominal terms. After adjusting for inflation, there is still little sign of a broad-based recovery. The picture is highly uneven. New-build prices are rising, partly...
Less Housing Act Resurfaces, Blocking Construction with Bureaucracy
Well, the ROAD to [Less] Housing Act is back on the radar it seems. Reminder that this bill effectively bans construction, not just acquisitions, and creates enormous new bureaucratic red tape over housing.
Institutions Hold Just 1
According to the best available data, institutional investors likely only own 1-3% of single-family homes in Houston. That's not nothing, but that's not what's driving the market. In the typical year, Houston's single-family housing stock grows by 1.5%. https://t.co/i4h6DOr1pm
Seattle Mayor Leads Left‑YIMBY Housing Test Case
Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson accelerating new housing development near transit. Outside of Mamdani in NYC and possibly Raman in LA, biggest test case of the Left-YIMBY synthesis of urban housing politics/policy.
50 Homes Rebuilt, Still Lagging Behind Paradise, Santa Rosa
This week's @politico Los Angeles wildfire rebuilding update. We've now topped 50 completed homes between Altadena (37) and Pacific Palisades (15). Still trailing Paradise (79) and Santa Rosa (153) following same amount of days post fires.