Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies released its Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity report, which projects that year-over-year expenditures for homeowner improvements and repairs will experience a near 3% decline through Q1 2024.
Read More »More Jobs, More Homes
With employment on the rise, residential builders are picking up the pace.
Read More »The Key to Addressing Home Supply Issues
A recent symposium led those in attendance to question why the industry continues to adhere to existing homebuilding standards when challenges such as housing supply and affordability persist.
Read More »San Francisco Wins the Homebuilding Race
San Francisco has been known to have an acute shortage of housing inventory. But the Golden Gate City surprised its critics by nearly doubling its historic average number ...
Read More »Building Permits Reach Their Highest Level in a Decade
Homebuilding across the U.S. rose to a high led by increased activity in single-family housing construction, in what is being seen as a good start to the housing ...
Read More »What Does Lennar’s Billion Dollar Merger Mean for the Market?
Earlier this week the homebuilder announced it was merging with CalAtlantic group—a transaction valued at $9.3 billion. Lennar says this move will have rippling benefits for the market at large.
Read More »Building a Home Isn’t Getting Less Expensive
Necessary materials such as softwood lumber, oriented strand board, and ready-mix concrete used in homebuilding aren’t getting cheaper, according to August’s Department of Labor’s Producer Price Index.
Read More »Unexpected Downturn
Homebuilding has fallen off and no one expected it to happen. Find out what's behind some shaky home construction numbers.
Read More »Inventory Myths: Confirmed or Busted?
As home inventory sits near post-recession lows, many hypotheses circulate on why there are so few homes for sale today. What are the leading theories behind this issue?
Read More »Could Dream Homes be a Thing of the Past?
A new analysis of data on the Custom Built Home Market reports that the growth of the market share of custom built homes has slowed yet still remains in fluctuation. The past four quarters, ending in Q1 of 2017, record a two percent increase in the number of custom home starts nationwide compared with the previous four quarters. Experts predict the market will continue to fluctuate in the coming quarters.
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