Design Building Codes and Adaptive Reuse: Ensuring Safety and Health While Meeting Housing Needs Converting nonresidential buildings into multifamily units boosts the number of attainable homes in a community, and building codes play a critical role
Affordability The Ins and Outs of Adaptive Reuse A new white paper explores both the challenges and opportunities of converting offices into residential space
Off-Site Construction Can Factory-Built Homes Help Solve the US Housing Crisis? Prefab construction reduces construction costs and opens up new financing opportunities. But there are other benefits, too
Affordability Housing Inventory May Be Increasing, but the Deterioration of Existing Homes Remains an Issue Lack of funding for repairs for low-income homeowners and the continued deterioration of older homes are adding to the US housing crisis
Market Data + Trends Starter-Home Sales Trend Upward While sales for middle- and upper-priced homes fell, starter-home sales grew by more than 10% year-over-year
Housing Markets These Housing Markets Offer the Easiest Path to Homeownership In some Southern housing markets, it is less challenging to purchase a home, while homebuyers in the Northeast are having the most difficult time
Market Data + Trends Number of Homes Priced at $1M or More Hits Highest Share of All Time Home price growth may have slowed, but home prices remain elevated, with about 1 in 10 homes in the million-dollar range
Housing Markets 6 Rural Housing Markets Where Homebuyers Are Headed in 2025 High housing costs in urban environments are making rural living a more popular choice among prospective homebuyers
Market Data + Trends As Home Costs Rise, Teachers Struggle to Find Housing Where They Work Data show only 14.3% of homes in the US are affordable to teachers in commuting distance of their schools
Opinion The Builder's Role in Housing Affordability What part can (and should) builders play to reduce the cost of building and buying new homes? Consider these suggestions