Codes + Standards How USGBC Will Support Pandemic Recovery Efforts The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released a new strategy, “Healthy People in Healthy Places Equals a Healthy Economy,” to use LEED to...
Business Management 20 Ways to Hone Your Business During the Pandemic This crisis presents an opportunity: to finally make all of the business improvements you’ve been putting off for years
Sales Redfin Brings Employees Back As Demand Surges Past Pre-Pandemic Levels Though economic uncertainty and a pandemic are plaguing the country, low interest rates are proving too good of a deal to pass up for...
Coronavirus Resources and Information 'This Is Not the Time to Dust Off Your 2009 Playbook' As states reopen, it may be tempting for builders to take off faster than you can say coronavirus. But in order to maximize safety while...
Economics Why Aren’t Home Prices Falling in Current Economic Conditions? America is facing an economic crisis as 38 million Americans face unemployment, but housing prices are staying fairly stable. They actually...
Sales Newly Built Homes Increase Market Share, Existing Home Supply Plummets After a tumultuous start to spring, the decline of newly built homes is stalling. In the smallest decrease of 2020 so far, the number of...
Codes + Standards As Many Cities Shut Down Construction, Aspen, Colo. Fast Tracks Projects While many U.S. cities temporarily shut down construction sites to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the city council in Aspen, Colo., looked...
Financing How Low Will Mortgage Rates Go? Right before the country was immersed in a pandemic, low interest rates dominated the real estate conversation. Buried under all the...
Sales Pandemic Shakes Up Rental Market As Pending Sales Make a Comeback While the for-sale market has been starting its recovery, the rental market is showing signs of strain. In the largest monthly drop in at...
Business Management Nearly a Quarter of Builders Slashed Prices in April Demand may be bouncing back, but the damage from the pandemic may take longer to heal. Nationally, 22 percent of builders reduced their...