Market Data + Trends Mortgage Demand Increases for First Time This Month After a brief pause for the presidential election, mortgage applications are now back to booming. For the week, mortgage applications to...
Construction Single-Family Starts Drive New-Home Construction Surge The number of new-home construction starts jumped 4.9% from September to October, Realtor.com reports. Builders began construction at a...
Housing Markets The Largest Metros Offering Big Homes for Less As more buyers look to the suburbs for more space and less cost, Realtor.com identified the top 10 largest metros with more affordable...
Sales This Flat-Fee Brokerage Wants to Disrupt Denver’s Real Estate Market Utah-based real estate brokerage, Homie, promises to have your back as a homie should. The company calls itself “disruptive” and wants to...
Building Materials The Dark Side of the Global Construction Industry According to a new report by the Grace Farms Foundation, modern slavery is a common piece of the global supply chain. Building materials,...
International Builders' Show Showcase Homes Adapt New Technologies for Virtual Tours There will be no lines waiting to tour The New American Home, the Pasadena Showcase House, the Kips Bay Show Houses, or Pro Builder's annual...
Construction Home Builder Confidence Reaches New High Home builder confidence reached new heights yet again this month. For the third time in three months, builder confidence in the single...
Single-Family Homes September Single-Family Permits Rise as Multifamily Falls From the beginning of 2020 until September, total single-family permits increased 10.2% year over year. In 2019, the number of total permits...
Housing Markets Utah Urged to Focus on Family-Oriented 'Smart Sprawl' The Utah housing market has experienced one of the most intense years yet as more Americans opt for homebuying due to low mortgage rates and...
Demographics Who is Today's Average Renter? The suburban apartment market has seen booming activity while the urban market dips. The pandemic pushed many to look for homes with more...