Construction Minnesota Contractors Argue Against Testing, Vaccination Mandates The Associated General Contractors of Minnesota, along with other construction trade groups, took a stance against the state’s mandatory...
Market Data + Trends First-Time Buyers Continue to Battle Tough Competition When homes went flying off the market for all-cash, over asking offers, the Taylor family were at their wits end. It had been months of...
Multifamily Rental Units Make Up Majority of New Multifamily Construction Rental units made up 95.2% of all multifamily construction starts for the second quarter of this year, a likely response to the shifting...
Housing Markets Sacramento Torn as Lawmakers Attempt to Rezone Single-Family Lots Only permitting new multifamily developments on single-family lots is the most recent move by Sacramento lawmakers meant to address the...
Building Materials Toll Brothers CEO Expects Lumber Prices to Remain Low Toll Brothers CEO Doug Yearley told CNBC this week that the effects of dropping lumber prices will be seen in the second half of next year....
Economics Landlords, Homeowners to See Further Property Tax Increases This Year The pandemic-fueled housing boom pushed up home values, prices, and property taxes, but the tax increases are expected to shock homeowners...
Environmental Report Finds Americans Move Most to At-Risk Areas A new report from Redfin finds Americans are moving to areas at higher risk of natural disasters such as fires, drought, storms, and floods....
Financials What the Rise of iBuyers and Fin-tech Companies Means for Buyers Cash sales accounted for 23% of all home sales in July this year, helped by an increasing number of iBuyers and financial technology...
High-Performance Homes How to Sell High-Performance Homes The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) green home series highlights the benefits of high-performance homes and how builders can...
Home Design Managing a Home's Mechanicals Requires Creative Solutions Smaller lots require creative thinking for the necessary parts of the home, the mechanicals. Designing and constructing a beautiful home is...