buildable

British

/ ˈbɪldəbəl /

adjective

suitable for building on

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The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose to 38 in March, but builders continued to express concerns due to elevated costs and shortages of buildable lots and labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

There are also plenty of buildable lots, if you’re feeling ambitious.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

“The new price reflects the splitting of the two buildable waterfront lots, so the gross price remains the same,” Emmett Laffey, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Laffey International Realty, said back in May.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

Defenders of the Virginia site said the Greenbelt has the smallest buildable area for future expansion, has restrictive wetlands building restrictions and has the greater distance between itself and other FBI stakeholders.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Geographical difficulties long made it an impossibility, but the steam-engine gave man the triumph over geography, and by 1860 an intercolonial railway, though not built, was evidently buildable.

From The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by Grant, W. L. (William Lawson)

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