builders

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Overindebted railroad builders and heavily mortgaged farmers demanded a less rigorous, more forgiving silver unit, and debate raged between the adherents of “soft” and “hard” money—between silver and gold, inflation and solidity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Lawyers for the guitar builders say the guitar was actually designed by a few people, who landed on the contoured shape for comfortability.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased to 6.51%, impacting buyer demand, while luxury builders see strength in specific markets like Austin and Florida.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Business has gotten better for builders as a whole in Florida, Mistry noted—but added that Toll Brothers benefits from building specifically in the luxury segment, where there are fewer competing bidders for land.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Just beneath the crust lay a twenty-foot stratum of the same quicksand Chicago builders always confronted, only now it was ice cold and a torment to workers.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson