Homebuilding orders are up by a fifth on a year ago.

地产开发订单在一前更是提升了五分之一。

Compared to traditional homebuilding, the company says 3D printing is faster, less costly, requires fewer workers, and reduces waste.

与传统建造相比，该公司表示3D打印速度更、成本更低、所需工人更少，并且减少了浪费。

(Owing to legislation passed in the 90s to encourage new homebuilding, there are fewer regulations governing rental homes built after 1992.) Even so, Blackstone had two major problems.

(由于上世纪90代通过了鼓励新建住立法，针对1992以后建造租赁住法规较少。)即便如此，黑石集团仍面临两个主要问题。

He added that since the 3D printing process is so much faster than traditional homebuilding, a whole community could be built in just a few months.

他补充说，由于3D打印过程比传统建造速度要，几个月内就能建成一个完整社区。

It's located about 30 miles north of Austin, the state capital, and is a collaboration between Texas construction firm ICON, homebuilding company Lennar and Danish architecture practice Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

它位于克萨斯州首府奥斯汀市以北约30英里处，是克萨斯州建筑公司 ICON 、建筑公司 Lennar 以及丹麦建筑事务所 Bjarke Ingels Group（BIG）之间合作项目。

On November 11th China's central bank and banking regulator issued a plan to tackle some of these problems.They will encourage commercial banks to help finance stalled homebuilding projects, alongside state-directed " policy banks" .

11 月 11 日，中国央行和银行业监管机构发布了一项解决其中一些问题计划。他们将鼓励商业银行与国家主导“政策性银行”一起为停滞不前住宅建设项目提供资金。