According to the May 2025 new construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau, single-family construction continues to slide ... and homes under construction (-7.6%) all fell year over year ...

An aerial view of new homes under construction. As expected, today's "New Residential Sales" report matched the other weak measures: The pessimistic home builder survey results, the declining real ...

Construction accounts for the main cost in building a new house at 64%, followed by the finished lot cost, which is 13.7% of ...