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Economics

Surprisingly, it wasn’t a location in California or Florida that finished first in Livability’s Top 100 Best Places to Live in the United...

Sales

Based on CoreLogic public records data for single-family homes and townhouses, home builders are building larger homes on smaller lots. The...

Financing

Fresh data from the Mortgage Bankers Association confirms that strong demand and short supply keep pushing home prices higher and higher....

Codes + Standards

Lower-density suburbs experienced the fastest growth in 2016

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Renters are getting pushed to their limits

Renters have hit the threshold of what they are able to pay for apartments as the pace of rising rents is slowing down in the nation’s most...

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Construction Spending Hits Cyclical High

A recent National Association of Home Builders analysis showed private residential construction spending increased 1.8 percent in February...

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Lower percentages of racial and ethnic minorities own homes; they spend more of their income on rent and continue to contend with...

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Sales to first-time homebuyers accounted for 32 percent of residential sales in February, which was off from 33 percent in January but...

Single-Family Homes

As the number of foreclosures wanes and there are fewer distressed properties for investors to scoop up, the market for build-to-rent new...

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Townhouses Are the New Black

The fastest-growing segment of single-family housing types is the townhome, according to the National Association of Home Builders....

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