Gain a Competitive Edge with BuilderBooks
Success in the residential construction industry is more than luck and timing. In addition to the numerous educational seminars and access to industry news, NAHB members can take advantage of BuilderBooks to gain a competitive edge in the industry.
As NAHB’s official bookstore, BuilderBooks offers award-winning publications, eBooks, brochures and more. The bookstore selections offer a variety of topics, including law, economics, accounting, codes and other housing industry-related subjects.
Each year BuilderBooks publishes various titles to help you build your business. Here are some of the publications released within the past year:
Remodelers’ Cost of Doing Business Study, 2023 Edition
Discover the benchmarks you need to compare your business to other remodeling firms like yours and the industry as a whole.
Single-Family Builder Compensation Study, 2022 Edition
Gain insights on how other single-family builders compensate their employees with pay and benefits.
Sold in sets of 10, this booklet provides home buyers with pages of maintenance tips to help keep their new home performing at its peak.
BuilderBooks is accessible anytime online by visiting BuilderBooks.com and by phone Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. NAHB members can take advantage of summer savings, including 50% off select titles through Aug. 31, 2023.
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Conforming Loan Limits to Rise to $832,750 in 2026The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that the maximum baseline conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2026 will rise to $832,750, an increase of $26,250 from 2025.
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Economics
Nov 26, 2025
Property Taxes by State – 2024Nationally, across the 87 million owner-occupied homes in the U.S., the average amount of annual real estate taxes paid in 2024 was $4,271, according to NAHB analysis of the 2024 American Community Survey.
Economics
Nov 25, 2025
Share of New Homes with Decks Edges LowerThe share of new homes with decks edged down from 17.6% in 2023 to a new all-time low of 17.4% in 2024, according to NAHB tabulation of data from the HUD/Census Bureau Survey of Construction (SOC).
Economics
Nov 25, 2025
Building Material Prices Continued to Rise in SeptemberAggregate residential building material prices rose at their fastest pace since January 2023 in the latest Producer Price Index release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Input energy prices increased for the first time in over a year, while service price growth remained lower than goods.