Economics What State Is Ranked First for Job Growth in America? A vibrant tech-center with a booming economy, low employment, and productive government and nonprofit collaborations? No, it's not...
Economics Suburban Jobs Are Growing Fast, But What is a ‘Suburban Job’? One order for a lawn and garage, please. More affordable than most urban areas, people are settling down for life in the ‘burbs. Now not...
Demographics Buyer Confidence Rises Back Up to Hopeful Heights Builders are more confident, and now, so are buyers. After a dip in autumn, buyer confidence is up 5.3 points above 2018’s rate. It seems...
Economics No 2020 Recession and Other Bold Predictions for the New Year Colors are in, a recession is out for 2020. As mid-December approaches, Zillow released a list of five bold predictions for the New Year....
Codes + Standards USGBC Launches New Tool to Prioritize Sustainability Strategies The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently launched Insight, a new data-driven tool that highlights building project design features...
Smart + Resilient Cities Utilities Rolling Out More Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Programs More U.S. utilities are adopting programs to promote grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs). GEBS will be critical to the grid of the...
Economics Is Densification the Answer to the Housing Shortage? Buyers want more single-family houses, but builders are unable to meet that demand because of labor shortages and other constraints. But the...
Construction Millennials Will Hold Over Half of All Home Mortgages in 2020 Despite Millennial demand, the high costs of labor, land, and meeting regulation standards in cities mean that builders are having a hard...
Trends The 2010s Changed How We Shop for Houses. What Will the 2020s Bring? It’s the late 2000s. You’re ready to buy a house, so you show up wide-eyed at a realty firm ready to let them guide you to your new dream...
Smart Home How Smart Home Technology Is Revolutionizing Aging It’s not just kids these days: Boomers are jumping head first into smart home technology and not looking back. Despite the stereotype of...
