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
John Sutter, head of U.S. public affairs at data-center builder Nebius, echoed this sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It took a German organ builder and friend of J. S. Bach, Gottfried Silbermann, to see the piano’s potential and - with help and advice from Bach - to begin manufacturing pianos.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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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
He saw the wall builders walk away from their work.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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