Central Indiana sees December surge in new-home applications
The jump in December helped snap a four-month streak of falling numbers and pushed the entire year into positive territory.
Homebuilders
-
New-home applications fall for 4th month in row in central Indiana
The year-over-year decline was the sixth during the first 11 months of 2025 following a streak of 20 straight months of rising applications.
Read More -
Homebuilders prepare for proposed tariffs that could raise material costs, erode margins
The National Association of Home Builders projected that current tariffs could raise the cost to build a single-family house in the United States $7,500 to $10,000.
Read More -
Applications for new homes rise for 14th straight month in central Indiana
Led by big surges in applications in Hancock and Johnson counties, demand for new homes in the Indianapolis area continued to grow in August.
Read More -
Pulte planning to expand Kimblewick neighborhood in Westfield by 225 homes
The 108-acre project would represent the third phase of the Kimblewick development, which first received approval in 2019.
Read More
Articles
Streamlined process or steamrolling local control? Housing permit bill advances to House floor.
Indiana lawmakers are considering legislation to lower houses costs by removing restrictions from the permitting process. Local governments worry the measure takes decision-making power away.
Homebuilders hope new fees yield quicker approvals
The Department of Business and Neighborhood Services will more than double the cost for some permits next year, including those for building a new home or commercial structure in Indianapolis.
Zionsville Town Council OKs homebuilder’s plan for 342-home development
Members of the Zionsville Town Council voted 6-1 to approve the Courtyards of Heritage Trail by Ohio-based Epcon Communities.
New-home applications fall for 2nd month in row in central Indiana
Only three of the area’s nine counties saw increases in filings, including Hamilton County, which broke a six-month streak of declines.
New-home applications see sharp August decline in central Indiana
The year-over-year decline in single-family building permits was the first since March in the nine-county area.
New-home applications in central Indiana rise for 4th straight month
Hancock, Boone and Hendricks experienced significant increases in single-family building permits.
New-home applications in central Indiana see May surge
Single-family building permits in the nine-county area have increased in three of the first five months of 2025 on a year-over-year basis.
New-home applications in central Indiana show April surge
After a slow start to the year, central Indiana builders saw filings for new homes jump last month.
Developer, major homebuilder plan 350-plus houses on east side of Noblesville
The development called Parks at Crossroads would be D.R. Horton’s first subdivision in Noblesville.
New-home applications in central Indiana fall for second straight month
Meanwhile, the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis this week welcomed its first new CEO in 29 years.
New-home applications in central Indiana see first drop since mid-2023
Single-family building permit filings in the nine-county area had risen on a year-over-year basis for 19 straight months prior to January.
Longtime builder Davis Homes acquired by Fort Wayne-based investment firm
Indianapolis-based Davis Homes, which has roots dating to the 1950s, is one the largest residential builders in central Indiana.
Applications for new homes still surging in central Indiana
Single-family building permits in the nine-county area have risen on a year-over-year basis for 17 straight months.
Applications for new homes jump 29% in central Indiana
Only one county in the nine-county Indy area reported a year-over-over decrease in single-family building permit filings in October.
Applications for new homes continue to surge in central Indiana
Central Indiana residential builders are on pace to have one of their busiest years since the homebuilding boom that took place before the Great Recession.
Housing starts ease nationally on decline in multifamily construction
U.S. housing starts slowed in September as a drop in multifamily projects outweighed a pickup in construction of single-family dwellings.
Lennar planning two southeast-side subdivisions with 355 homes
The Franklin Township projects, Eagle Creek and Crescent Ridge, will collectively occupy nearly 200 acres.
Yearlong positive streak ends for area homebuilders
Permit filings had risen on a year-over-year basis for 11 straight months before June’s decrease.
Applications for new homes rise for 11th straight month in Indy area
However, the central Indiana homebuilding market has lost much of the velocity that characterized the first couple of months of 2024.