Encouraged by recent financial results and prospects for the housing market to pick up from last year's slow going, some top builders are stepping up the pace of land buying. They'll have to pay more ...

GONZALES — Facing criticism they've been dragging their feet, Ascension Parish officials are taking early steps to cap the amount of dirt builders can use in raising homes and to establish new ...

On most construction sites, mud is what sticks to your boots and gets in your way. The four young guys building this wall in Pittsboro are covered in mud–thick red clay coating them from elbow to ...

Soil Connect wants to be the Tinder of dirt. The Plainview startup has raised more than $5 million in seed and venture capital to create a marketplace that lets builders buy and sell dirt and ...