NAHB Podcast: Getting Ready for the 2024 International Builders’ Show
On today’s episode of Housing Developments, co-hosts NAHB CEO Jim Tobin and SVP Paul Lopez discuss exciting details about the 2024 International Builders’ Show (IBS) with Geoff Cassidy, SVP of Exhibitions & Meetings, as IBS prepares for a record-breaking year. With more than 1,300 exhibitors, more than 100 education sessions and countless networking opportunities, your time in Las Vegas will help you prepare your business for the year ahead.
You can learn more about the Builders’ Show, taking place Feb. 27-29, and register at BuildersShow.com.
Listen to Housing Developments on your favorite podcast app or watch the episode below.
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Sales of newly built single-family homes decreased 0.6% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000, following a downwardly revised August estimate, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. The pace of new home sales was 5.3% lower than a year earlier.
NAHB analysis takes a deeper look into the median ages of construction workers by state and by trade.
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Nationwide, the share of non-conventional financing for new home sales accounted for 32.4% of the market, according to NAHB analysis of the 2025 Census Bureau Survey of Construction (SOC) data.
When asked if remodelers started a project involving an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) over the past twelve months, 24% indicated that they were building an addition for use as an ADU and 23% indicated that they were converting an existing space to an ADU, according to NAHB’s Remodeling Market Index (RMI).
Nearly three-quarters of new single-family homes started in 2025 were built on slab foundations, according to NAHB analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction (SOC).