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Cities With The Highest Home Value Growth

Healthy job markets and historically low mortgage rates have improved home prices, especially in popular mid-size markets such as Denver,...

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The homeownership rate is at its lowest since the early 1960s, and anxiety over student loans and down payments aren’t helping

Codes + Standards

Newer buildings are holding up to an rising number of earthquakes in the state, caused by increased fracking for oil and natural gas

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The independent research company SSRS found that Redfin Estimate is most accurate in predicting the value of a house for sale. More than...

Multifamily

Houston Leads The Nation In Macro Units

While micro apartments have generated some buzz recently, some developers are going the other way and building spacious, and expensive,...

Sales

A December survey of REALTORS found that 81 percent of first-time buyers who closed a house in Q4 2016 made a down payment of less than 20...

Construction Quality

According to the Associated General Contractors of America, the construction sector has added 1.3 million jobs over the last six years. ...

Best Practices

New communities with that are walkable, contain open spaces and trails, and have a variety of housing types are beneficial for both...

Sales

Only 5 percent of homeowners moved in 2016, down from 9.5 percent in 1988, according to new data from the U.S. Census. Also, only 11 percent...

Single-Family Homes

The national homeownership rate dropped to 63.7 percent, but more new households are owner-occupied

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