Resilient Construction How Alternative Building Systems Are Helping a Strained Workforce Builders battling a seemingly endless barrage of materials shortages and price hikes are finding a solution in the form of insulated concrete building systems
New-Home Sales The Top Homebuyer Preferences for the 2022 Spring Buying Season Post-pandemic lifestyle changes are causing a shift in homebuyer preferences at the start of a busy spring season
Affordability Home Value Appreciation Outpaced Median Salaries Across 25 Metros in 2021 Home prices rose faster than median incomes in the majority of metro areas tracked by Zillow in 2021
Women at WIRC We’re Back! Women in Residential Construction Conference, San Diego, Oct. 19-21 After two years of holding virtual events, the annual Women in Residential Construction (WIRC) Conference is back in person for 2022
Housing Markets Millennials Are Taking Over the High-End Housing Market High-income Millennial buyers are skipping past starter homes and diving into the deep end of a competitive high-end market
Demographics Against All Odds, Hispanic Buyers Are Slowly Closing the Homeownership Gap As more Hispanic Americans reach prime homebuying years over the next two decades, a longstanding homeownership gap will continue to shrink
Market Data + Trends A Frenzied Housing Market Could Persist Beyond the Spring Season Price hikes and dried up inventory could remain status quo into the summer months, and potentially for the entirety of 2022
Market Data + Trends Homebuyer Competition Rose to a Record High in February The 2022 housing market is off to a competitive start with heated bidding wars in nearly every U.S. metro
New-Construction Projects February Housing Starts Reached Highest Share Since 1973 Residential construction starts rose to a new high in February, suggesting a boost in inventory after over a decade of scarce supply
Housing Markets The Top 10 U.S. Metros With the Least Expensive New Construction Buyers looking for newly built homes are migrating to affordable markets in the South and Midwest