homebuilding

American  

[hohm-bil-ding] / ˈhoʊmˌbɪl dɪŋ /

noun

1. the designing or constructing of houses.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or associated with homebuilding.

   the homebuilding industry.

Etymology

Origin of homebuilding

First recorded in 1815–25; home + building

Example Sentences

Localities would have new incentives to spearhead more homebuilding themselves.

From Barron's

At the same time, they find the economics of homebuilding, mainly high rises, is broken and without the cost falling sharply things will get worse.

From The Wall Street Journal

“In the more immediate future, the homebuilding sector faces headwinds from prior over-construction, still-high mortgage rates, and much slower growth in the population,” said Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

From MarketWatch

Newsom’s father’s family was full of more traditional Democrats and Irish Catholic storytellers who worked in banking, homebuilding, law enforcement and law.

From Los Angeles Times

Housing markets across Texas and Florida have also slowed in recent years due to a homebuilding boom.

From The Wall Street Journal