New-Home Sales Lower Mortgage Rates Bringing in Buyers The sell-off in the stock market is causing an unexpected turnaround in mortgage interest rates. The average rate on the popular 30-year...
Economics No One Told Housing Stocks a Recession Is Coming If the U.S. economy is headed toward a recession and an end to the current bull market in the near future, it will be doing so,...
Affordability Technology Can Help Ease Affordable Housing Shortage Technology can help owners manage affordable housing portfolios, which can contribute to the proliferation of more dwellings. Affordable...
Economics The Next Threat to Stability of the Financial System Could Be Wet Mortgage providers may be hiding the risk related to lending in areas that are prone to flooding by moving vulnerable mortgages out of the...
Single-Family Homes Where Is the Fastest Place to Build a Single-Family House? Builders in states with significant regulatory burdens, impact fees, and potent NIMBY (not in my back yard) opposition will be envious upon...
Financing States That Are the Most and Least Tax Friendly: Kiplinger California is not the least tax-friendly state in the union. That distinction belongs to Illinois, according to Kiplinger’s list of the...
Multifamily High-end Renters Fueling Amenities Arms Race Want to see what single-family detached home builders are competing against? A Forbes story delves into the momentum in multifamily...
Design 7 Overdone Home Trends That Are on the Way Out Home and décor site Apartment Therapy asked real estate agents which current home design trends are going the way of shag carpeting and...
Demographics Young Adults Are More Mobile Than Previous Generations Young adults who were able live move out of their parents’ home and live on their own are changing addresses more often compared with...
Environmental Tool Enables Comparison of Carbon Emissions from Construction Materials The Carbon Leadership Forum has released the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (“EC3”) tool. The open source tool is for architects...
