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Washington seeks to reset ground-floor retail rules for residential buildings

Affordability, Affordable housing, Policy, The Builder's Daily /

A fight over ground-floor retail mandates could become one of the most consequential zoning debates of 2026, with Washington state lawmakers moving to curb mandatory storefronts in new residential buildings. A bill in the Washington state Senate would flip the script on commercial zoning, requiring cities with more than 30,000 residents to allow housing by […]

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The best offense is a leaner, meaner next drive: Century’s playbook

Homebuilder Sentiment, Homebuilders, Leadership, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

With a third or so of the public homebuilders’ first 2026 earnings cycle complete, the theme and variations – guidance misses, land impairments, margin compressions, even a net-negative-earnings or two, with the rare upside surprise – confirm it’s one of the most grinding, grueling selling environments in more than a decade. Step back from the

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Builders FirstSource acquires Pleasant Valley Homes

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Builders FirstSource, the largest American supplier of structural building products, quietly acquired the assets of Pennsylvania-based Pleasant Valley Homes, a wholesale manufacturer of modular homes.  Lori Conrad, Senior Director of Corporate Communications for Builders FirstSource, confirmed to The Builder’s Daily that the company acquired Pleasant Valley Homes’ assets in November at an undisclosed price. The

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Meritage holds its line as new-home demand turns inelastic

Homebuilders, Leadership, New Home Sales, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

There’s a version of this market where “buying sales” becomes the default operating system for nearly everyone. When that happens, the question stops being whether incentives rise. They do. The real question becomes: who has the operational and balance-sheet self-control to decide where to lean in—and where to hold the line—even if it means slower

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Utah lawmakers target starter homes with lot size reform

Affordability, Affordable housing, Policy, Reform, The Builder's Daily /

Utah lawmakers opened their 2026 legislative agenda with a proposal to revive a once-bedrock fixture of the American Dream of homeownership: starter homes. By streamlining permit approvals and rezoning for smaller property lots, Beehive State legislators will try to pry open a path to first-time homeownership. The bill would reduce minimum lot sizes to encourage

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Louisville, Ky., joins municipalities piloting AI to fast-track permits

Artificial Intelligence, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

Earlier this month, the City of Louisville, Ky., announced a partnership with Govstream.ai, a technology company that utilizes AI to speed up the permitting process, reflecting a broader national push to utilize AI to accelerate permitting and approvals.  Municipalities are increasingly under pressure from their constituents and the federal government to streamline residential development amid

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Indiana bill targets housing affordability with state zoning changes

Affordability, Affordable housing, Policy, The Builder's Daily /

Another state vs. local jurisdiction showdown is brewing up in Indiana. Lawmakers there are poised to strip cities of much of their power over where and how new housing is built, setting up a clash over who holds the reins of local growth and – critically – housing development. Indiana’s proposed bill would transform how

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How a state bar filing could derail a California upzoning plan

Policy, The Builder's Daily, Zoning /

The latest “not in my backyard” tactic in California’s local zoning disputes and state housing law battles? Filing a complaint with the state bar association. A case in point: An attorney who failed in an effort to derail a Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., upzoning lodged a complaint with the California State Bar about a March

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Smith Douglas Homes promotes Scott Bowles to Regional President

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On Monday, Smith Douglas Homes announced the creation of a new role — Regional President, Southeast. The new position comes as the Georgia-based builder expanded into several new southeastern markets last year and is positioning itself to bolster operations in existing divisions.  Scott Bowles will serve as the new Regional President, Southeast. In this role,

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California housing reform faces new test as LA Metro resists transit zoning law

Policy, The Builder's Daily /

California has become a test lab for housing reform. The state stands as an ongoing experiment-in-process for how far lawmakers will go to legalize the development of more homes and how hard local officials and neighborhood activists will fight to stop it.​​ The latest flashpoint struck on Thursday, as the Los Angeles transit agency board

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