Software + Apps Website Allows New Yorkers to Bask in the Glow Would-be renters in New York City now have a new tool in their apartment-hunting toolbelt. Localize.city offers data for every New York...
Trends Outlooks Dim for Housing Bank of America and Credit Suisse have a bearish outlook for the housing market. In a recent report, Bank of America concluded that home...
Trends Toil and Trouble: Analyst Predicts Bubble Analyst for financial planning firm Clarity Financial Jesse Colombo warns that the recent gains in household wealth may be artificially...
Trends Housing Stocks in Turmoil The ITB and XHB, two home builder stock-trading exchange-traded funds (ETFs), are on pace to have their worst years in a decade. And experts...
Trends Co-Living Is Having a Moment Previously, co-living was merely a niche product in a multibillion dollar industry. Now, developers are preparing to launch some of the...
Affordability Into the Box Innovation SG Blocks designs container-based structures for customers seeking durable, green, affordable dwellings. Such homes are popular in markets...
Market Data + Trends Remodeling Spending Forecast for 2019 Remodeling spending will be slowing down in 2019, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University's latest report. ...
Trends Economist's Notes on Recent Rate Rise In October, the rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage crossed the five percent threshold, boosted by the strength of the overall economy,...
Market Data + Trends Current Affordability Levels Offer 'Worst of Both Worlds' Renting is more affordable than homeownership, say approximately 78 percent of Americans in a forthcoming Freddie Mac survey. This share of...
Market Data + Trends Stops in Housing Starts In September 2018, housing starts decreased 5.3 percent, translating to a 1.201 million seasonally-adjusted annual rate, according to the...