Market Data + Trends New Construction Rose Year-Over-Year in Q4 2017 In the fourth quarter of 2017, the share of new construction homes was 16.4 percent of all single-family homes for sale, a 2.2 percent...
Market Data + Trends New Study Breaks Down Homeownership Rate Fluctuation by ZIP Code In a new study of U.S. homeownership trends using Census data, housing economist Felipe Chacón found that just 10 out of the 100 largest...
Market Data + Trends Research Director Says Builders 'Started on a Strong Foot' in January 2018 Rick Palacios Jr., director of research at John Burns Real Estate Consulting, says that new home sales actually increased in January 2018,...
Builders Toll Brothers 'Saw No Impact' of Tax Law Changes on Buyers Toll Brothers recently surpassed estimates for quarterly profit, yet the company's shares ended up falling 4.8 percent as a result of the...
Market Data + Trends 19 States With the Best Growth, Employment, Business Environments Colorado was ranked as the best state in the nation by U.S. News & World Report's annual best states ranking, followed by Utah and...
Market Data + Trends Top Cities With High-Paying Jobs and Low Cost of Living Are in Midwest, South The latest ranking shows where homebuyers can make the most money and save the most money due to lower cost of living expenses....
Market Data + Trends Ranking the Largest U.S. Metros By Homeownership Rate The national homeownership rate hit 63.9 percent in 2017, per Census data. The highest recorded national homeownership rate was 69 percent...
Market Data + Trends Housing Demand Was Up Nearly 5 Percent Year-Over-Year in January 2018 From January 2017, Redfin's Housing Demand Index went up 4.8 percent in January 2018, with 13.7 percent more homebuyers requesting home...
Market Data + Trends Survey Shows Perceived Impact of Rising Mortgage Rates for Builders A recent survey conducted by John Burns Real Estate Consulting asked home builders what they would expect if mortgage rates rose to five...
Market Data + Trends Rates Steadied Last Week, Sending Mortgage Application Volume Up In the second-to-last week of February 2018, mortgage interest rates held steady and the number of mortgage applications increased 2.7...