Economics Trump Tariffs Fueling Inflation, Erasing Wage Gains According to the Department of Labor, inflation hit a six-year high in June, 2.9 percent, causing prices to rise the sharpest since 2012...
Affordability The Coming Battle for Affordable Housing The Home1 advocacy campaign was created to sound the "Inconvenient Truth"-style alarm on the country's affordable housing crunch, which it...
Housing Giants 2018 Housing Giants: How Big Builders Are Staying Nimble Housing Giants face a multitude of conditions to monitor, juggle, and act on across numerous markets. Here's insight and advice on managing size and agility
Builders Stephen Kim on Leverage, Land Value, and Loose Credit The macroeconomic fundamentals for home building look solid, so would that mean the next downturn, when it comes, will be a mild one?
Opinion 2018 May Not Be a 'Particularly Favorable' Year for Builders Rising mortgage loan rates and changes to homeowner tax deductions are reducing consumers' homebuying power, sending down new home sales. ...
Economics Not All Communities Have Fully Recovered From the Housing Crisis Researchers have found that the U.S. housing market regained the value lost during the recession, roughly $9 trillion, yet not all housing...
Government + Policy Trump's Tariff Decisions Draw Warnings from GOP Lawmakers This week, U.S. President Donald Trump moved to impose tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines. In Washington, several...
New-Home Sales A Look Ahead at 2018, By the Numbers Entry-level and first-time buyers may account for 43 percent of the market by the end of 2018
New-Home Sales 2017 Ended With Higher Interest Rates, Fewer Mortgage Applications Total mortgage application volume dropped 2.8 percent in the last two weeks of 2017, as optimism over the new tax bill resulted in higher...
Affordability Innovative Financing for Affordable Housing Nontraditional sources and incentives offer feasible ways to enrich the nation's supply of affordable and workforce housing