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Best Practices when the homeowner requests to remove the pool, landscaping, or outdoor kitchen line item out of the contract.

The U.S. needs several hundred thousand more skilled workers to meet current demand and alleviate production delays.

A Texas Supreme Court ruling says contractors cannot negotiate insurance claims unless they are properly licensed.

Alair Homes, builder of the 2026 home is the first national builder of the The New American Home®–the official show home of the IBS.

Most of the new Texas laws affecting business took effect in September. Others were decided by the voters.

Newly built homes have almost always cost more than previously owned homes. But in recent months, that trend has been upended in Texas.

This is the second in a series of articles exploring major changes to Texas zoning laws that went into effect September 1, 2025.
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