According to data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction and analyzed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), in 2025, around a quarter of new homes were built with a two-story foyer. This is up slightly from 2024. However, despite the small increase, the market share of two-story foyers has trended downward since 2017. We recently covered 2025’s trends for the number of bathrooms and bedrooms. This recent analysis from NAHB reveals that most new single-family homes are being built without a two-story foyer, both regionally and nationally.…
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U.S. Census Bureau April 2026 Residential Construction Report
On May 21, 2026, the U.S. Census Bureau released its Monthly New Residential Construction report for April 2026. Regarding building permits, single-family authorizations in April were at a rate of 872,000, 2.6% below the revised March figure of 895,000. Across the U.S., privately-owned housing starts in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,465,000, 2.8% (±11%)* below the revised March estimate of 1,507,000, but 4.6% (±13.9%)* above the April 2025 rate of 1,400,000. Single-family housing starts in April were at a rate of 930,000, which is 9% below…
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