Market Data + Trends Seniors' Solution? Sharing Housing A new trend is emerging in senior households. Rather than living alone in suburbs and rural areas, Americans aged 65 years and older are...
Codes + Standards This Week's Codes and Standards, January 28 The latest news in residential construction building codes and standards including snow remediation hazard analysis, wildfire preparedness, and more
Innovation Hadrian's Wall 2.0: FBR's Hyper-Efficient Bricklaying Robot Australian company FBR has spent the past few years working on the Hadrian X, a bricklaying robot that is mounted on the bed of a work truck...
Sales Rates Still Flat, Sales Outlook Remains Uncertain While experts question the health of the housing market, interest rates on home loans were flat this week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage...
Single-Family Homes Out With the Old, in With the New New homes in the U.S. are being built to higher standards than in the 1970s, but there is a problem: New housing has been insufficient to...
Opinion Affordability Crisis Forcing Women to Reconsider Having Kids American women are having kids later in life than in previous eras, and a new survey showcases how the current lack of housing affordability...
Affordability Philanthropic Efforts to Bring Affordability to Cities Raise Questions The Partnership for the Bay’s Future is the latest coalition to funnel private investment into affordable housing efforts. The investment...
Sales Housing Weakness Casts Shadow on Overall Economy The latest expert analysis on housing market conditions says that while it's "too soon to panic" about current housing conditions, "a deeper...
Remodeling Projects Homeowners Less Likely to Remodel in 2019 Homebuying and selling are primary drivers for remodeling projects, but with fewer sales, slowing price appreciation, and rates ticking up,...
Economics Market Watchers Say Stocks, Shutdown Stunting Sales Home sales data for December 2018 had a lot of industry economists and experts scratching their heads, and two real estate professionals are...