Trends 10 Underrated American Cities SmartAsset found the 10 American cities that don’t get a lot of buzz but could be a great place to live. We analyzed 189 cities to find...
Financing Slowing Housing Market Could Contribute to Lower Global GDP MarketWatch reports that some economists believe the slowing U.S. housing market could drive the global gross domestic product to its lowest...
Sales In the Most Expensive Metros, Land Accounts for More Than Half of Home Prices Analysis from Redfin shows that in expensive housing markets like San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles, land prices account for more...
Single-Family Homes The Case Against Large Homes Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller recently made the case that large homes are a waste of money, according to Forbes. When The...
Financing May 2019: House Value Growth Slows While Rent Moves Up Zillow’s May 2019 market report shows a mix of slowing home value growth and accelerating rent growth, signaling a normalizing market. ...
Financing The State of Housing: Competitive and Unequal The 2019 State of the Nation’s Housing report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University paints a picture of a housing...
Codes + Standards Study Says Rent Control Has Benefits that Economists do not Account For Previous studies of the impact of rent control have focused on such negative effects as reduced housing supply and increased market rents. A...
Codes + Standards Google Will Invest $1 Billion to Fund Affordable Housing in Silicon Valley Google says it will invest $1 billion to address the housing shortage in Silicon Valley. The company plans to invest the money over the next...
Codes + Standards Heat Pumps and District-Scale Thermal Systems Could Replace Natural Gas Heating A study is underway in Massachusetts to investigate the feasibility of replacing natural gas heating with neighborhood scale district...
Codes + Standards BREEAM New Construction for the USA Launched BRE Global has released adaptations of the BREEAM International New Construction standard to streamline the certification process for...