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FinanceHigh mortgage rates are finally hitting new home construction as builders are pulling back on projects
By Sydney LakeApril 17, 2024
TechFrom sleeping on a friend’s floor to signing huge industrial customers: How Gecko’s founder built a $600 million robot company from a college project
By Rachyl JonesApril 17, 2024
FinanceJerome Powell says ‘the housing market is in a very challenging situation right now’ and interest rate cuts alone won’t solve a long-running inventory crisis
By Dylan SloanMarch 8, 2024
Tech‘We have consistently flirted with death’: Elon Musk wanted the Boring Co. to build a tunnel system below Las Vegas. Former employees say they feared for their lives while working there
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 27, 2024
TechStartup emerges from stealth with $25 million for robots that lay bricks as fast as humans—and fill the huge shortage of laborers
By Jeremy KahnFebruary 15, 2024
FinanceAmid U.S. construction boom, world’s largest cement maker will spin off North American business, seek $30B valuation: ‘Two independent champions’
By Allegra Catelli, Paula Doenecke, Eyk Henning and BloombergJanuary 28, 2024
By Alena Botros and Sydney LakeDecember 19, 2023
EnvironmentThe construction industry has been a major climate-change offender. This Swiss company’s cement and concrete could help builders get greener
By Peter VanhamNovember 8, 2023
FinanceWhile some homebuyers pay 8% mortgage rates, others are wrangling steep discounts—and it’s creating a surprising surge in new home sales
By Sydney LakeOctober 27, 2023
LifestyleFlaming construction crane plummets to midtown Manhattan sidewalk, sending people running for their lives: ‘I never seen anything like that’
By Jake Offenhartz, Karen Matthews and The Associated PressJuly 26, 2023
FinanceIncentives give builders a 2023 housing market advantage—here’s how much they are forking out on the deals
By Alena BotrosJuly 3, 2023
EnvironmentArizona is cutting housing construction near Phoenix because there’s no longer enough water
By Jacques Billeaud, Suman Naishadham and The Associated PressJune 2, 2023
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