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Reading List 10/24/26

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Briefings

This briefing summarizes a weekly reading list from October 24, 2026, covering housing, infrastructure, and industrial technology. Key findings include a 90% prevalence of minimum lot sizes across US jurisdictions, a 3% market share for modular homes in 2025, and Boeing's 737-10 certification with 1555 orders. The list also notes Canadian real estate prices doubling since 2005, rising pedestrian deaths linked to road design around 2009, and critical material shortages like helium and aluminum.

Key points

• 90% of US jurisdictions implement minimum lot size regulations, acting as a major barrier to constructing smaller starter homes.
• Modular and panelized housing accounted for only 3% of single-family homes in the US in 2025.

Context

The reading list focuses on buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology, highlighting supply chain constraints and labor market impacts on housing construction.

Limitations

Data sources include WSJ, AEI, NAHB, and Defense News. Some statistics are snapshots from specific years or periods, and certain causal links between road design and pedestrian deaths remain unexplained.

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