builder
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The Atlanta home builder posted earnings of $475.7 million, or $2.53 a share, down from $585.8 million, or $2.96 a share, a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Raised in Queens, the son of a builder and a dressmaker, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife of 41 years, Katherine, and still takes the subway to watch his beloved Knicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The gloomy builder outlook could be an opportunity for home buyers who can afford current home prices.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The 68-year-old was frightened and found it hard to sleep after a rogue builder left her roof with dislodged bricks and blocked gutters.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
It was this kind of willful, wildly romantic attention to beauty—crumbling and fading beauty needing constant attention—that made this city so unlike any other and such an unparalleled sort of environment for a builder.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
To drive builders to construct eligible homes, the measure would allow them to opt into a “qualified builder” option.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Dozens of builders had been working on the upper floors when it collapsed, but managed to emerge largely unscathed.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, based on a survey of builders, fell to 29, its lowest since 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
As both buying demand and supply costs increase, builders are feeling increasingly dismal about the housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The builders would paint right over the character, I thought, and never notice.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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