As the single-family market for new home construction rose on a year-to-year basis from last year, there was a corresponding drop in the market share of homes that were built on land owned by the homeowner where either the homeowner or a builder acted as a general contractor. This information is from Census Data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey. While the survey results showed the market share dropping to the increase in other types of single-family home construction, the amount of custom home building in this particular vein actually showed very little numerical change.
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