Green Design Berkeley Natural-Gas Ban for New Buildings Sparks Nationwide Trend Berkeley, Calif., banned the use of natural gas in newly constructed buildings in July. The move seems to have sparked a trend for other...
features Can Googletown Get Suburban Workers Out of Their Cars? Google wants to put a 21st Century spin on the Manufacturing Age development of the company town. The search engine giant intends to...
Economics Consumer Confidence Falls to 3-Month Low The Consumer Confidence Index, reported by the Conference Board, slipped 9.1 points from 134.2 in August to 125.1 in September, as...
Multifamily Apartment Demand Exceeds Supply Almost Everywhere While more apartments have been built in the nation’s top 150 major markets since 2010, there are a half million more renters than units...
Trends Rentals Becoming America’s Newest Neighbor Not only were single-family rentals (SFR) born from the ashes of the Great Recession, this sector has some legs. While attention on SFR...
Single-Family Homes Home Building Is Half an Industry A John Burns Real Estate Consulting report shows that of the top 10 U.S. metro markets, only Houston and Dallas built as many or more single...
Economics Home Values May Be Turning: Case Shiller Whether the late summer real estate market favored buyers or sellers may be leaning toward the sellers (at least until September figures are...
Sales + Marketing Startup Helps Landlords Turn Rental Rooms Into Pay-by-the-Week Rooming Houses An Atlanta startup wants to help property owners make more money from single-family homes. The company, PadSplit, says the market is ready...
National Housing Quality Award It’s All About the Feedback: 2020 National Housing Quality Award Winners This year’s NHQ Award winners share how scrutiny led them to the industry’s top honor for excellence
Demographics Should They Stay or Should They Go? Not only are young adults moving out on their own at a later age, but 30-, 40-somethings, indeed a smaller share of adults of every age were...
