Economics Rates Remain Low for Now, Fed Announces At the end of 2015, rates are expected to remain around 0 to 0.25 percent
Sales + Marketing Executive Corner: Angela Harris on Branding and Selling Homes As an Experience Angela Harris' company, Trio Environments, uses a combination of market research and merchandising to appeal to consumers' lifestyle aspirations
features Student Debt Isn’t Biggest Factor in Low First-Time Buyer Demand According to Zillow Real Estate Research, student debt does not impact homeownership chances as much as popularly believed. “Graduates...
features Consumers Are Key for Faster Economic Growth Full-year gross domestic product has been sluggish since the recession ended, and free-spending consumers are the greatest hope for more...
features Texas Market Not a Bubble Despite High Home Prices Though home prices in Texas are well above historical peak levels, a research economist argues that the state is not experiencing a bubble,...
features Four Bright Solutions for Better Closet Lighting If a homeowner is having trouble knowing whether a garment is black or navy, that’s probably because the closet lighting was treated as an...
features Hardest Hit Markets When a Rate Hike Comes Around Economist Jonathan Smoke analyzes loan-level data from Optimal blue to forecast the impact of the Federal Reserve’s rate hike on potential...
features Toll Brothers, Lennar Beef Up Apartment Rental Investment There is some concern among economists that the red-hot apartment segment is getting overbuilt, but that isn’t stopping two of the largest U...
Market Data + Trends Livability Ranks the Top 100 Places to Live Among all cities with a population of 20,000 to 350,000, Rochester, Minn., takes first place
Business Management Improving Process With Clarity, Priority, and Focus What to do when everything on the list is Job No. 1
