Remodeling Projects Houston Loses Most Construction Jobs Nationally Houston’s shortage of construction workers continues to worsen, hampering rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. According to...
Showers + Tubs Showers Are the Focus of Most Bathroom Remodels Americans are spending lots of time, money, and energy to renovate their bathrooms, and homeowners and real-estate professionals alike say...
New-Construction Projects Google Threat: No New Office, No New Housing Google has warned the Mountain View (Calif.) City Council that unless plans to build 800,000 square feet of new office space on its...
Sales Most Unmarried Homeowners Are Women, Census Bureau Says In the entire cohort of unmarried homeowners, most are women, says the U.S. Census Bureau. Unmarried women made up 53.2 percent of this...
Builders Redfin Housing Demand Index Virtually Flat From July to August The Redfin Housing Demand Index rose only slightly from July to August (126 to 127), but increased 27.7 percent year over year. “High...
New-Construction Projects Under Proposed Tax Reform, Fewer Homes Would Benefit From Mortgage Interest Deduction If the tax reform proposal currently on the table is passed, only 5 percent of American homeowners would find it worthwhile to take the...
New-Construction Projects Industry Groups Disagree About GOP Tax Plan The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) believes the Republican plan, if enacted, will be a boon to homebuilders and the overall...
Financing Does the Tax Code Favor Homeowners? An essay in newgeography.com takes on the conventional wisdom that homeowners reap huge tax benefits while renters receive none. Tom...
Labor + Trade Relations More Hurricane Pain: Fewer Homes, Shortage of Construction Workers The home building industry had a labor shortage even before Hurricanes Harvey and Irma struck, but the pace of new construction will become...
Affordability The Building Pace in California Won’t Tame Home Prices Any Time Soon California would need 20-percent more housing stock to achieve a 10-percent reduction in price, wrote Jerry Nickelsburg, one of the...