Economics Fed Raises Key Interest Rate By 0.25 Percent Three or more rate hikes are expected to occur in 2017
Codes + Standards Zero Energy Ready Home Development In North Carolina Opens First Home Green Street Cottages recently opened the doors on the first five of 500 planned Zero Energy Ready Homes at the Villages at Cramerton Mills...
Multifamily Multifamily Industry Can Grow 5 To 10 Percent In 2017 Demand for multifamily housing is strong across the board, as many Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers are considering forming renter...
Economics A Look At Gradual And Sudden Changes In Mortgage Rates This Year In 2016, mortgage rates surprisingly remained consistently low for the first 10 months before shooting up after the presidential election. ...
Affordability HomeAid Concludes Nationwide Homelessness Awareness Month Program For 27 years, HomeAid has strived to help the homeless in America. HomeAid just concluded its Homelessness Awareness Month, where the...
Builders After Slight Dip, Prime Working-Age Population Nears Peak The share of Americans in their prime working age is nearing an all-time high. Bill McBride of CalculatedRISK reports that nearly 125...
Business Management Head West For The Best Small And Mid-Size Metros For Business Owners The Provo-Orem metropolitan area in Utah is a boomtown for smaller entrepreneurs. More than three quarters of the businesses in the area...
Single-Family Homes Builders Tell How To Get A Jump On Green Residential Construction Trends As Proud Green Home explains, most homebuyers don’t need a LEED-certified home. They just want a high-performance house with energy and...
Single-Family Homes Rising Prices, Tight Inventory, And Smaller Homes: What To Expect In 2017 Several of the trends that shaped the housing market this year will carry over into next year
Resilient Construction Resilient Construction Techniques Pay for Themselves Over Lifetime of Buildings Using resilient construction techniques in regions prone to extreme weather events is worth the expense, according to a new study from...