Market Data + Trends Housing Market Pushes Buyers to Rentals, Intensifying Demand Intense demand, bidding wars, fast-rising prices—the rental market is beginning to look a lot like the for-sale market. Demand in the rental...
Off-Site Construction Prefab Company Secures $30 Million, Announces Expansions California-based off-site home builder Plant Prefab announced a new factory opening in Ontario, Calif. At the same time, the company...
Labor + Trade Relations What’s the Average Pay for a Construction Industry Worker? The construction industry offers competitive wages compared to U.S. median wages, according to the National Association of Home Builders’...
Design Don't Overlook the Design of These Impactful Small Spaces Kitchens, great rooms, and owner’s baths hog all the attention when it comes to home building and design, but the small, compact rooms...
Economics 3 Early Signs the Housing Market Could Normalize Soon For the first time in five months, home prices fell. It’s also the first time home prices did not break a record, and other metrics point...
Construction Builders Turn Away Business Amid Supply, Labor Constraints For the first time in their company’s history, some home builders are unable to sell homes, turning away buyers. Labor shortages, record...
Market Data + Trends Forbearance Exits Expected to Add Inventory A wave of inventory could come soon as hundreds of thousands of homeowners are expected to exit forbearance, with a significant share likely...
Economics Housing Prices Threaten the Federal Reserve's Inflation Outlook Forecasters predict elevated home prices to be a temporary reaction to the economy’s reopening after pandemic-related restrictions, but the...
Land Planning Lot Values Reach Record High Price Lot values are approaching prices seen during the 2005 and 2006 housing boom
Market Data + Trends Home Price Growth Has Relaxed—Here's Why Intense home price growth has begun to show signs of slowing down, but Realtor.com says it’s not because fewer homes have sold. The site’s...
