builder
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The home builder said Tuesday it now expects annual gross profit margin to be 16.0% to 16.2%, down from its earlier guidance of 16.1% to 16.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
They were not as well shaped or as well fitted as the blocks the master builder had shaped and placed himself.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
A larger share of builders, 66%, were using sales incentives in September to boost sales, including mortgage-rate buydowns or free appliances as upgrades.
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
As they struggle to sell homes, builders are also facing challenges to build more.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Over the centuries, the engineers and builders of the Corporation of London had learned to make the outward flow of the river and the inward surge of the tide come together more or less smoothly.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
