Construction New-Home Construction Reaches Highest Level Since 2006 New-home construction starts and permits reached the highest level since 2006 in December, according to MarketWatch. Builders began...
Green Design A Time Without Tap Water is Coming, Here’s How Builders Can Help Day Zero, the day tap water is no longer available, is creeping close for major cities, such as Los Angeles and New York. It’s already a...
Financing Is This the End of Low Mortgage Rates? For the first time in seven months, the rate for a 15-year fixed mortgage increased. The average contract interest rate for a 30-year fixed...
Housing Markets Areas Where It's More Affordable to Buy Than Rent In the majority of U.S. counties, it is more affordable to own a home than rent one. This data comes from ATTOM Data Solutions’ 2021 Rental...
Market Data + Trends Latest RCLCO Survey Finds Record-Low Sentiment Toward Real Estate RCLCO’s end-of-year Sentiment Survey found real estate participants are significantly more negative about the housing market compared to...
Affordability How Biden Plans to Address Housing Affordability Joe Biden has big plans for the housing market, and especially for housing affordability. CNBC says Biden’s housing plan could relieve...
Construction Single-Family Permits 12% Higher Than Previous Year Nationwide, issued single-family permits in November increased 12.2% compared to the previous year, reports the National Association of Home...
Market Data + Trends Urban Refugees Embrace New Bucolic Lifestyles Besides trading in their city lifestyles and luxurious penthouses, urban refugees are trading in their suits and Range Rovers for bicycles...
Design Tips for Designing a Kitchen in 2021 Homeowners are increasingly aware of what they want and do not want from their kitchens as the room's importance grew tenfold this year. And...
NAHB You Have PPP Questions, NAHB Has Your Answers The newly released and expanded Paycheck Protection Program opened to new and certain existing borrowers last week, and the National...
