Codes + Standards Tech Companies’ Efforts to Fix Housing Crisis Face High Hurdles Large high tech employers Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Facebook have all taken steps to alleviate the affordable housing shortage in their...
Demographics Top 10 Hottest Neighborhoods for 2020 A majority of Redfin’s hottest neighborhoods for 2020 have a common theme, and it’s not that they’re conventionally trendy or close to...
Trends Is Black This Year's White in Bathroom Design? Whether it is a rebellion against the predictable all-white bathroom or an off-shoot of the recent tendency to go bold, black is back. From...
Demographics Homebuyers More Confident in Housing Supply—But Actual Inventory Remains Low For a while, as builder confidence rose, homebuyers remained wary of the health of the housing market. But in the final quarter of 2019,...
Affordability Rockford, Illinois, Aims to End All Homelessness Citywide by 2021—And It Has a Proven Plan A common belief is that homelessness is a symptom of society, a pitiable issue too large for communities to fully address beyond soup...
Demographics Why the Rise of Urban Boomers Is a Myth Who would you choose to be more likely to live in the city: your grandfather who is afraid to drive with the radio on, or your yoga-going...
New-Home Sales Best Year for New Home Sales Since Great Recession Ends With 10% Gain New home sales finished with a 10 percent gain at the end of December, reaching a total of 681,000 for the year. Though the month began flat...
Affordability Half of Manhattan’s New Residential Skyscrapers Are Empty When it comes to housing, New York is a literally a tale of two cities. About half of the luxury-condo units that have come onto the market...
Multifamily More Americans Are Renting Long Term—And They Like It Homeownership used to be the American Dream. Now, the parameters of what constitutes success are shifting: According to Freddie Mac’s 2019...
Awards Meet the 2020 Winners of the Best of IBS Awards If you attended IBS, you may still be icing your feet from walking the massive floors for hours. Even if you spent all day looking at the...
