builder
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“He is an expert builder and strategist, technical and product-minded, with sharp instincts for what fans actually want.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Owens is a home builder and remodeler in Worthington, Ohio.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“They’re the largest builder of icebreakers and ice-class vessels in the world,” Dans said at an event in Anchorage, Alaska, in April.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Home builder stocks have been battered by rising mortgage rates, but a valuation signal has historically preceded strong returns for the sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Now the builder was hauling the rocks up hundreds of feet and manhandling each rock into place.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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A rising share of builders are slashing prices on newly built homes despite increasing construction costs, as buyers get spooked by high mortgage rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Plus, if mortgage rates do rise further, the mortgage-rate buydowns that home builders have been relying on to drive sales would become more expensive, cutting into profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
As mortgage rates rise, builders use incentives to boost home sales at the expense of their margins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
He added that 42% of builders said they were finding it hard to buy land plots on which to build homes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
I nod and she continues, “Let’s just say this wall was built like the pyramids: most of the builders didn’t live to tell about it, and ain’t no Moses come to liberate them.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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