Housing Policy + Finance State of the Union Follow-Up: What About Rising Rents? Biden’s first State of the Union address outlined his administration’s plan to build back the nation after the devastating and costly COVID-19 pandemic, but absent from his speech was an objective to cut housing costs
Energy Efficiency 3D-Printing Company Icon Debuts Low-Waste House Zero at SXSW Icon has introduced its latest energy efficient home design ahead of SXSW, Austin’s annual music and film festival
Q+A HBI President Ed Brady’s Call to Action to Solve the Labor Shortage Brady talks about the Home Builders Institute’s action plan for tackling the housing industry’s chronic shortage of skilled labor
Government + Policy What Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Could Mean for the Housing Market Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is no stranger to federal regulatory cases, making her a crucial Supreme Court nominee for the future of NAHB
Market Data + Trends Mortgage Rates Plunge Following Russian Invasion of Ukraine Mortgage rates dropped at the fastest pace since early 2020 on Tuesday as home prices rose to another record high
Housing Markets Here Are the Best and Worst Housing Markets for Growth and Stability in 2022 The Sun Belt region is the latest epicenter of growth in a volatile housing market
Prefab + Panelization Tech-Enabled Home Builder Veev Closes on $400M in New Funding The California company is doing its part to solve a nationwide housing crisis, one prefab project at a time
New-Home Sales Home Prices Hit Double Digit Yearly Growth Record high home prices are here for the long haul, especially after significant gains in February
Housing Markets Single-Family, Multifamily Growth Remained Solid During the Final Quarters of 2021 The single-family and multifamily markets were sustained by high demand in 2021, but construction obstacles could hinder further growth in 2022
Market Data + Trends Homeowner Tenure Flattened in 2021 as More Americans Relocated The average homeowner spends 13.2 years in their home, but new migrational trends could cause that number to drop
