Sustainability Illinois Tops Green Building Ranking Illinois topped the U.S. Green Building Council’s ranking of states with the most LEED-certified building square footage per capita,...
Financing USDA-Backed Loan Size Spikes, Mortgage Applications Decrease Overall The National Association of Home Builders reports that USDA-backed loan sizes spiked to a new high last week, while the number of fixed-rate...
Affordability 12 Cities Where a Housing Bubble Is Looming National Mortgage News reports that these 12 U.S. housing markets are in danger of hitting a housing bubble this summer. While in certain...
Sales First-Time Homebuyers Are Searching for Longer Realtor.com reports that about a quarter of first-time homebuyers spend over a year searching for a home. Of the buyers in the market...
Land Planning How Will California’s Housing Market Respond to the Ridgecrest Earthquake? A short-term housing slowdown is expected in the California metros hit by last week’s Ridgecrest earthquake, MarketWatch reports. While...
Financing Head of Federal Reserve Says Home Builders Hit by ‘Perfect Storm’ Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently outlined a series of challenges facing builders, including tariffs and a strict immigration...
Energy Efficiency Home Charging Options for Electric Vehicles Homeowners have their choice of three types of chargers for their electric vehicles, the New York Times reports. Over 80 percent of...
Sales Bidding Wars Are Over in Denver The Denver housing market is seeing a significant decline in the number bidding wars on homes, the Denver Post reports. Redfin tracks the...
Economics Foreclosures Hit New Low The foreclosure inventory rate, or percentage of homes currently in the foreclosure process, hit a new low for the sixth month in a row in...
Financing Millennials Want Homes, But Can’t Afford Them Millennials are having a hard time finding homes that affordable. Paired with student debt and low wage growth, this means many Millennials...
