• Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi analyze how companies like Pulte, Lennar, D.R. • Horton, and KB Home are integrating additive manufacturing to cut costs and boost energy efficiency. • Housing affordability is back at the center of national policy discussions. • A persistent residential housing shortage, combined with years of elevated interest rates, has left many would-be buyers on the sidelines. • Policymakers are looking for ways to unlock demand, and the nation’s largest home builders are preparing for what they expect will be a renewed expansion cycle. • new home construction market depends on a few fundamentals: manageable interest rates, buyers with sufficient down payments, a reliable construction supply chain, and enough skilled labor to keep projects moving.
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