Contractors can be expensive for building and remodeling homes—but they're not to blame for the surge in housing prices. A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that building ...

According to this 2025 analysis by Angi, the home contractor marketplace, the typical ADU costs $180,000 to build, with prices ranging between $40,000-$360,000.

Choosing the new-construction route comes with challenges like cost overruns, permitting delays and supply-chain issues, but also the promise of getting a fully customized home.

If you're choosing whether to build or buy a home, interior finishes, HVAC and plumbing are construction costs you have to consider.

Homebuilders and homebuyers are trying to nail down the cost of construction — but tariffs are making that more challenging.

Builder Andrew Kaye, who represents Pennsylvania at the National Association of Home Builders, talks tariffs, regulation, ...