Construction For Us By Us: Construction Industry's Worker Outreach Programs The enduring shortage of construction workers has been attributed to the housing crisis, retirement, immigration crackdowns, and the current...
Trends Homebuyers Feeling the Squeeze From Tightening Affordability Conditions The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 4.46 percent in March 2018, a four-year high. Compounded by rising prices, fierce competition, and short...
Trends Californians, Others Migrating to Their Own Private Idaho Boise, Idaho's population is surging as more Americans are enticed by the city's affordability, natural landscape, and growing downtown area...
New-Construction Projects Denver Apartment Construction Reaching for the Sky Metro Denver had the second-largest gain in apartment construction overall since 2000, according to a report from rental website Apartment...
Financing Connecticut Home Values May Crash Due to New Tax Law The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in December 2017, capped the state and local tax deduction. As a result, property taxes in states like...
Market Data + Trends Housing Starts Exceeded Expectations Last Month The Commerce Department reports that U.S. housing starts increased 1.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 1.319 million...
Market Data + Trends Top Single Homeownership Strongholds in the U.S. Single homeownership rates tend to be higher in cities with lower home values, and with greater populations of seniors, who make up a large...
Market Data + Trends Home Sales Pace Broke Records in 2017, Data Show More of Same for 2018 In a new report from Zillow, senior economist Aaron Terrazas writes that homebuying “has become an exercise in speed and agility,” as the...
Market Data + Trends Single-Family Building Takes 'Slight Step Back' in March In March of this year, builders got 2.5 percent more permits than in February. Yet, single-family permits dipped 5.5 percent month-over...
Market Data + Trends Inflation, Geopolitical Uncertainty Flattened Rates Last Week The latest weekly reading from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that mortgage applications rose 4.9 percent over the previous week,...