Market Data + Trends These Cities Need More Workers According to the Department of Labor, the U.S. added 250,000 jobs to the economy in October 2018, surpassing economists' expectations. The...
Codes + Standards This Week's Codes and Standards, November 5 AIA adds new contract documents, cities' reducing parking requirements, D.C.'s new resilient, sustainable zoning policies; report on wood-framed assemblies' sound transmission, and what homes spared by Hurricane Michael had in common
Trends These Buyers Are Going to Town Many homebuying Millennials and their generational parents, the Baby Boomers, are searching for the same things in housing: greater...
Market Data + Trends Builders Less Buoyant About Boomer Market Builders are less confident in the 55+ market, according to new index data from the National Association of Home Builders. In the third...
Market Data + Trends Bay Area's Comings, Goings What once was old is new again in the Bay Area: greater numbers of these Californians are heading inland, swapping more affordable housing...
Trends Pilot Program Seeks to 'Share NYC' New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development is announcing ShareNYC, a pilot program to bring more affordable co...
Trends Recent Rate Steadiness May Mean Future Hikes In the last week of October 2018, mortgage rates held firm despite turbulence in the equity market. Volatility in U.S. and China trade...
Trends Downtick in Rates, Uptick in Worry The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage decreased three basis points to 4.83 percent, per Freddie Mac, offering borrowers some relief. Meanwhile,...
Trends House Flipping Is Flopping After the housing crash, flipping homes became a popular way to make money in real estate. In today's market, flipping is no longer...
Market Data + Trends Correlation Between Birth Rates, Home Values Suggests 'New Phenomenon' Changes in birth rate and home values were previously found to have a positive correlation. New findings suggest the opposite. ...