Last week, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) found that three-bedroom homes are the sweet spot for many builders across the United States. As for bathrooms, two full ones are the sweet spot in new homes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Construction. Homes with two full bathrooms continued to have the largest share of starts, followed by homes with three full bathrooms. Homes with four or more full bathrooms and homes with one bathroom or fewer made up under 10% of starts each. In 2025,…
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Wood framing continues to dominate single-family construction
According to the National Association of Home Builders’ analysis of 2025 Census Bureau data, in 2025, wood framing accounted for 94% of all completed single-family homes. Approximately 947,000 wood-framed homes were completed last year, while the wood-framed market share remained unchanged at 94%. Concrete-framed homes represented 5% of completions, while steel-framed homes had a 25% increase from 2025, with 5,000 completions. Non-wood-based framing methods remain concentrated in the South due to residential resiliency requirements. Concrete-framed homes made up 9% of all single-family home completions in the South. Approximately 60% of…
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