Single-Family Homes Buyers Face Intense Competition When Searching For A New Home Rising prices, climbing mortgage rates, and a lack of available homes have made it a sellers’ market
Multifamily Single-Family And Multifamily Construction Starts Show Solid Gains In February Total housing starts posted in increase in February, with a solid gain for single-family construction and ongoing elevated levels of...
Sales Lack Of Inventory Helps Drive New-Home Prices To Record Highs Zillow reports that the number of new homes built each year has steadily increased, but is still well below historical norms. Consequently,...
Human Resources Immigrant Workers Don't Make Up A Majority In Any U.S. Industry Although immigrants are more likely than U.S.-born workers to be employed in a number of specific jobs, including plasterers and stucco...
Remodeling Remodeling Activity Projected To Grow In Most Metros Spending on home improvements is expected to increase this year in 43 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, according to a new report...
New-Construction Projects New-Home Supply Looks Good Now, But Caution Is Advised According to Trulia’s chief economist Ralph McLaughlin, new-home starts and and completions were up in February, growing by 3 percent and 5...
Economics Regulation Rollback Boosts Home-Builder Confidence Home-builder sentiment reached its highest point in 12 years, propelled by industry approval of early steps by President Donald Trump to...
Sales Study Pinpoints Sweet Spots For Jobs And Take-Home Pay A study by LinkedIn and Zillow ranks the best locations for maximizing job opportunities and take-home pay in three growing, white-collar...
Financials Home Prices Jump In February; Inventory Experiences Double-Digit Decline Home prices in February increased 7.2 percent from a year ago to a median sale price of $260,900, making it the strongest February for price...
Financials Short-Term Interest-Rate Hikes Are A Double-Edged Sword The Federal Reserve has announced that short-term interest rates will increase 0.25 percent, followed by two similar increases later this...