Demographics Young Adults Are More Mobile Than Previous Generations Young adults who were able live move out of their parents’ home and live on their own are changing addresses more often compared with...
Environmental Tool Enables Comparison of Carbon Emissions from Construction Materials The Carbon Leadership Forum has released the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (“EC3”) tool. The open source tool is for architects...
Green Projects Building Support for Climate Action Depends on Linking to Health, Economic Benefits Generating public support for climate action may require more extensive education about the health and economic benefits, according to a...
Energy Efficiency What Green Features Do Millennials Want? The National Association of Home Builders delineates between the must haves and what's desirable in its breakdown of green features...
Economics Where Is the Most Job and Wage Growth Occurring? Glassdoor reports on the top U.S. cities for job and pay growth. The top three cities for job growth are Boston (up 8.4% year over year...
Market Data + Trends Home Building per Capita Increases Away From Cities and Burbs Outlying areas of both large and smaller metropolitan areas rank above their closer-in metro counterparts in per-capita single-family...
Multifamily Oversupply and Other Factors Cause Manhattan Apartment Prices to Tumble Prices for Manhattan real estate took their biggest plunge since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new report. The average sale...
Tiny Homes I Hate My Tiny House They’ve been lovingly feted as quaint, efficient, and a minimalist’s micro utopia. The 240-square-foot tiny house in the Bay Area that...
Sales Nearly Three Offers for Every Home Sold The tug of war continues as to whether the real estate market favors buyers or sellers but as for August, the National Association of...
Affordability Prefab Cabins Get the Fast Track for San Jose’s Bid to Boost Housing Stock San Jose reduced the annoying and lengthy process of applying for a permit and construction by pre-approving accessory dwelling units (ADUs)...