Market Data + Trends Builders May Be Confident, But Consumers Are Not Although September experienced a surge in consumer confidence, those levels are back down for the second consecutive month, most likely due...
Affordability Less Than Half of All U.S. Counties Are Affordable for Homeownership As of the fourth quarter of 2020, only 41% of counties nationwide are affordable for Americans making the country’s average salary. This...
Master Planned Communities Master Planned Community Sales Increased 20%—Here Are the Top Sellers Just as single-family home sales and construction boomed in 2020, master planned communities did as well, experiencing 40% increases in...
Market Data + Trends Declining Purchase Volume and Mortgage Demand Signals Buyer Pullback Large year-over-year increases in both mortgage applications and purchase volume are closing in on 2019 levels, pointing to a potential...
Building Materials NAHB Leadership Predicts Lumber Price, New Administration Effects on Housing The National Association of Home Builders’ Chief Economist Robert Dietz sits down with leadership to discuss the potential impacts both...
Housing Markets Are You Building in One of the States Americans Leave Most? United Van Lines analyzed its moving data to identify the top states Americans are fleeing most. For the third year in a row, New Jersey...
Construction Increases in Private Residential Spending Reflects Strong Growth Both strong spending on single-family construction and home improvements helped to increase total private residential construction spending...
Healthy Homes 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Improving Wellness Design Healthy homes saw a boom in interest last year and wellness-inspired design will likely only grow in popularity going forward. From builders...
Housing Markets Study Finds Big Interest in Rural Living, Depleted Desire for Suburbs A recent Gallup study found that it may not just be cities Americans are avoiding—suburbs are getting the cold shoulder as well. In 2018, 39...
Market Data + Trends Coastal Cities May Be Losing Their Charm Homebuyers are becoming less impressed by the low inventory and high prices of coastal cities and finding comfort in America’s Heartland....
