New-Home Sales Why Are Americans Sacrificing Walkability When Buying a New Home? Americans used to pay a premium for a home in a great, walkable location: You could easily drop off your kid at school, make it on time to...
New-Home Sales Who Would Be Priced Out if the Median New Home Rose by $1000? If you won $1000, you probably wouldn’t think, “Oh boy, now I can buy a house.” But a $1000 margin can actually decide whether or not a...
New-Home Sales Pending Home Sales Fall in December Amid Record Low Housing Supply Pending home sales fell in December by nearly five percent. Despite low mortgage rates, the conditions weren’t stellar for last-minute...
Codes + Standards Minneapolis Now Requires Homeowners to Collect Energy Efficiency Data Before a Sale All homeowners of one- and two-family homes in the city of Minneapolis must now collect energy efficiency data before they can list their...
Economics Top 3 Things First-Time Homebuyers Want From the Government Builders may be focused on increasing construction to alleviate the affordable housing shortage, but buyers aren’t thinking so far ahead....
Demographics Millennials Will Submit Half of All Mortgage Applications in 2020 If builders had to pick a generation to focus on, hands down Millennials are the demographic to watch. Though there has been a lot of buzz...
Affordability How Boise's Affordable Housing Woes Are Heating Up the Rental Market In just five years, the median price of a single-family home in Boise, Idaho, has climbed 75 percent, jumping from $172,900 to just over ...
Economics Home Prices Rose in All 20 Metro Areas Reported by S&P Demand is up, inventory is down, and home prices are on the rise. According to the Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, home prices...
Economics Coronavirus Pushes Interest Rates Down, Sparking Rise in Mortgage Applications If anyone doubts the impact of foreign affairs, point to the mortgage rates this week. They dropped to their lowest level since November...
Economics What Is the Housing Market Forecast for 2020? The U.S. housing market can be difficult to predict, but as we start 2020, two things are clear: Buyer demand is strong, and the housing...
