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The predicted boom in construction stocks under President Donald Trump is turning into a bust.

More than a quarter of King County, Washington’s concrete delivery-truck drivers have gone on strike, and the rest could soon join them — threatening to delay dozens of projects amid the region’s record construction boom.

U.S. housing starts stumbled in July on an abrupt slowdown in apartment construction and a modest decline in single-family homebuilding that shows the industry will do little to spur the economy, Commerce Department data showed Aug. 16.

High above the Balfour interchange on State Route 4 in Brentwood, Calif., a drone buzzes, its sensors keeping a close watch on the volumes of earth being moved to make way for a new highway bypass.

Steady price gains in 20 U.S. cities in May indicate that a tight supply of properties paired with increased demand is boosting home values, according to figures from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller on July 25.

Three straight months of declines in new-home construction show U.S. homebuilding may weigh on second-quarter growth, Commerce Department data showed June 16.

New-home construction in the United States cooled in March to a four-month low as starts of single-family properties settled back from the strongest pace in almost a decade, Commerce Department data showed April 18.

Confidence among U.S. home builders cooled in April after jumping a month earlier to the highest level since mid-2005, according to data released April 17 from the National Association of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Builders/Wells Fargo.

Here’s one key takeaway from the Commerce Department’s report March 1 on U.S. construction spending in January. Outlays dropped 1% from the previous month (forecast was for 0.6% rise), the biggest drop since April, which will drag on first-quarter gross domestic product.

Builders broke ground in December on more U.S. homes than forecast as a jump in apartment construction helped cap the seventh straight yearly increase, a report from the Commerce Department showed Jan. 19.