‘Housing is extremely expensive’: My husband and I are building a house on my mother-in-law’s land. Are we asking for trouble?

We are considering the option of building an ADU on my mother-in-law’s property to save costs. Even building something for ...
Baton Rouge Business Report

Labor shortages and tariffs are squeezing homebuilders as costs climb

An ongoing labor shortage and tariffs on building materials continue to weigh heavily on the construction industry as the ...
EC&M

Engineering and Construction Costs Edge Higher in October

The overall cost indicator increased to 58.8 in October, signaling continued inflation in the engineering and construction ...
Booth School of Business

Building Costs Aren’t to Blame for High Home Prices

Buying a house used to be a rite of passage for middle-class Americans, but in recent decades, would-be homeowners have found themselves priced out of the market. The affordability crisis has become ...
BizTimes

Viewpoints: What it actually costs to build new housing

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by John Johnson, a research fellow for the Marquette University Law School Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, in his ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Tariffs raise costs of building homes

The Trump administration's tariffs on imported goods from Canada, Mexico and China -- some already in place, others set to take effect in a few weeks -- have already begun driving up the cost of ...