Reading List — 08/15/2026
Home price declines, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, The Boring Company fundraising, and more.
Welcome to the reading list, a weekly roundup of news and links related to housing, infrastructure, and industrial technology. This week, we examine home price declines, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, The Boring Company's $4 billion fundraising effort, and more.
Housing and cities in California continue to struggle with insufficient new construction. While plans have been approved, actual building has not kept pace with the needs of the population. Despite years of efforts, most cities and counties have yet to construct the necessary housing to meet the state's targets.
In a recent incident in New York, a column buckled during an office-to-residential conversion project, prompting an inspection by the Department of Buildings. However, no hazardous structural risks posing an immediate danger to public safety were identified.
Large homebuilders Lennar and DR Horton have been cutting prices in recent years. Lennar reduced its average selling price from $511k to $377k, a nearly 25% decline including incentives. DR Horton decreased from $415k to $366k, a 12% reduction. This reflects a broader trend of declining home prices since 2022, although the Case-Shiller index has not yet shown a decrease.
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