New-Home Sales Manufactured Homes Are Affordable Option for Some Bay Area Buyers The San Jose Mercury tells the stories of owners of prefabricated homes in the Adobe Wells Home Park in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Economics March Employment Figures Below Expectations According to the NAHB, data from The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a disappointing 126,000 new jobs in March, well below expectations....
Economics Subprime Mortgages Are Rebranding According to The New York Times, the term “subprime mortgages” after the housing bust is “almost synonymous with the insidious loan products...
Opinion How California’s Drought Affects Its Housing Market’s Future Both water and housing are scarce resources in the Golden State
Economics Florida Homeowner Went From Foreclosure to Home Free As the five-year clock ticks toward expiration, many delinquent homeowners might be able to keep their homes after all
Economics Cheap Housing Isn’t Always a Good Deal Urban Policy reporter Emily Badger argues that transportation costs should be included in the golden rule of housing affordability, which is...
Economics The New-Home Market’s Low End Is Heating Up Bloomberg Business reports that sales of new homes priced from $150,000 to $299,999 are the strongest since 2008. Homebuyers signed...
Economics More Market-Rate Construction Can Help California’s Poor Even if lower-income households won’t be living in the new construction, creating more of it will prevent bidding wars over existing housing stock.
Financials 5 Takeaways from Lennar’s Latest Quarterly Results Mostly positive news nationwide, except for Houston
Economics Housing Market May Depend on Millennials’ Employers Better job growth and bigger wage gains will change the ‘rent, not own’ dynamic
