I was recently talking to a home builder who mentioned that in-law additions are an increasingly popular component of newly built houses.

最近，我和一个房屋建筑商聊天时，他提到在新建的住房里，为父母准备个房间越来越流行了。

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Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating intricate floor mosaics with wood scraps, kitchen counters from ivory-colored bones and roofs out of license plates.

德克萨斯州的住宅施工者丹菲尔普斯将垃圾转变成具有艺术魅力的财富，用木条创造了错落有致的地板图案，用乳白色的骨头做成厨房的台子，而屋顶是用汽车牌照建成的。

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The National association home builder Wells Folk index dropped from 47 to 46 since January.

美国全国住宅建筑商协会公布的数据显示，富国银行信心指数从1月份的47点下降至46点。

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"Much of the modern innovation has come from the home builder community.

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Meanwhile, PulteGroup cited pricing power in its quarterly report and fellow home builder DR.

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