Trends Amenities That Bolster Home Value "Craftsman," "mid-century," "exposed beams," "claw-foot tubs," are just a few home features that, when put into a home's listing, draw a...
Market Data + Trends Mortgage Volume Down Despite Lower Rates Mortgage rates dipped last week to 4.84 percent from 4.86 percent, but total mortgage application volume dropped as well, down 2.9 percent. ...
Opinion Single-Family Rental Company Facing Class Action Lawsuit The biggest single-family rental company in the nation, Invitation Homes, is facing a new lawsuit in California claiming tenants have been...
Market Data + Trends Purchasing Power Is Best in These Cities Nationally, homebuyer purchasing power is diminishing in the face of sustained, rising prices, demand, and mortgage rates. New analysis...
Market Data + Trends Cities With Least, Most Cost-Burdened Households Almost 7 million U.S. households were severely housing cost-burdened, spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing, in 2016, per...
Market Data + Trends Latest Home Price Data Signal 'Incredibly Competitive, Disheartening' Summer Market The latest reading from the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices, through March 2018, reveal that home prices are still climbing...
Trends Current Pace of Home Price Growth May Be Untenable Home prices have been rising steadily over the past six years with formidable demand, but National Association of Realtors chief economist...
Codes + Standards This Week's Codes and Standards, May 28 The cost of seismic retrofitting in California, zoning in Washington D.C., and the increased use of green building materials bolstered by government support
Sales + Marketing Pride of Place: 5 Regional Builders That Are Holding Their Own Consolidation may be making headlines, but local builders in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Phoenix, and Seattle show how to maintain an edge
Business Management What I Learned From Bill, Part 2 10 lessons from Bill Pulte, the Master Builder. Part two in a two-part series