
For the first issue of 2025, BUILDER editors honed in on the world of building products, with a full guide of new innovations, the inside scoop on how the product industry has shifted, and a CEO Q&A with one of the nation’s largest supplier of materials. As issues start to circulate, be sure to check out the following five features either in print or online from:
- BUILDER staff on its annual roundup of new-home products, highlighting 34 new innovations across five categories including kitchen and bath, windows and doors, exteriors and structural, interiors, and systems;
- Zonda building product adviser Todd Tomalak on how the building product cycle has shifted since the pandemic;
- Associate editor Vincent Salandro, who interviews Builders FirstSource’s (BFS) recently appointed CEO Peter Jackson about leveraging modern technology and how investment and innovation are pillars of BFS’s strategic roadmap;
- Zonda chief economist Ali Wolf on the top nine luxury real estate markets to watch in 2025, plus stats, pros, and cons for each;
- Salandro again, who investigates the recent uptick in Japanese acquisition interest in U.S. home building companies.
See the full table of contents here, and check out the digital edition of the Q1 issue here.