Affordability Renting Is More Affordable Than Owning With home prices rising and more people paying a bigger chunk of their household income for a place to live, should it be any surprise that...
Codes + Standards Ranks of Energy Efficiency Rated Homes Continues to Rise The number of homes rated on their energy efficiency continues to grow, indicating continued popularity of these ratings. In 2019, 241,909...
Economics Housing Prices Continue to Rise as Inventory Falls in January Compared to 2019, the start of 2020 looks promising. But two pressing issues remain that could threaten the otherwise relatively stable...
Economics Why Economists Say the Affordable Housing Crisis Is the Next National Priority Wages are up. Unemployment is low. Yet for many Americans, homeownership is out of question. As the inventory shortage deepens, both housing...
Sales Top 10 Secondary Home Markets for 2020 The choice to take on another property calls for careful deliberation, and each step of buying a second house is very intentional. Knowing...
Design What Are the Ups and Downs of Installing Elevators in Homes? America is getting older, and some homeowners are finding that they must part with their two-story dream home for a smaller ranch to...
Awards Team Frederick from Virginia Wins 2020 NAHB Student Competition Builders may be scratching their heads on how to best engage young students in the trades, but for some high schoolers, they’re already knee...
Demographics Why Builders Should Keep Their Eyes on Generation Z It seems like we just wrapped our heads around Millennials entering the market, but the next generation of homebuyers will come faster than...
features Bring a Taste of the Ocean to Developments With These Man-Made Lagoons Want to make your next development stand out? Try adding a little fun-in-the-sun pizzazz with a man-made lagoon where residents can suntan...
Financing This Is How Many Hours It Takes to Make Rent in the Top 25 Cities There are 525,600 minutes in a year, and if you rent in San Jose, Calif., you will spend nearly 55,000 of them working to pay rent. In other...