features The Best Cities for First-Time Homebuyers in 2017 The third annual study shows the best cities for entry-level home buyers.
Codes + Standards Product-Specific EPDs Seen As Key Aid To Earning Green Building Credits Two flooring manufacturers, Tarkett abd Gerflor USA, are making such specific information readily available
Sales Realtors Expect Home Prices to Increase at a Faster Pace in Next 12 Months Realtors who responded to the National Association of Realtors’ February 2017 Confidence Index Survey expect the median home price change in...
Economics Housing Provides Boost To GDP Final estimates of fourth-quarter 2016 gross domestic product (GDP) growth (revised up two-tenths of a percentage point to 2.1 percent),...
Sales Home Sellers Get Closest To Asking Price In Adams County, Colo. The National Association of Realtors has calculated the ratio of sale price to original asking price for 262 counties in the United States...
Sales More Millennials Are Using HELOCs As Home Equity Rises Homeowners gained a collective $570 billion in equity throughout 2016, bringing the number of homeowners with “tappable” equity up to 39.5...
Sales How Much Does It Cost To Move Up To A Larger Home? According to Zillow, U.S. homeowners that bought a two-bedroom home in 2009 and wanted to upgrade to a three-bedroom home in 2016 could...
Sales Housing Market Is Not Quite Ready For Boom Time By many measures, the housing market seems to be in very good shape. The National Association of Realtors reports that contracts to buy...
Codes + Standards Updated AIA Disaster Assistance Handbook Released With Significant Enhancements The Third Edition of the Handbook includes a new chapter on hazard mitigation and risk reduction
Builders Longtime Builder William Lyon Retires William Lyon, a leader in the home building industry for 63 years, has retired, according to the OC Register. Lyon’s namesake company,...
