Women in Construction Builder Recognized for Leading in Workplace Gender Equality National home builder and developer Taylor Morrison was recently selected for the 2019 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for its...
Market Data + Trends 'Stop' in Starts Amid Shutdown Due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, federal data on housing starts are currently not available. In the meantime, private sector...
Economics Housing Showing 'Signs of a Rebound' The U.S. housing market may have reached bottom, according to new analysis from industry experts, citing the recent decline in mortgage...
Economics How Much Does Student Debt Depress Homeownership? Total student loan debt in the U.S. recently topped $1.5 trillion, and is negatively impacting homeownership rates for young Americans,...
Single-Family Homes Microsoft Investing Millions in Affordable Housing for Seattle This week, Microsoft's president and chief financial officer announced that the company is putting $500 million into an affordable housing...
Solar Solar Is Now Standard for This Roofing Giant The largest roofing manufacturing company in the world, Standard Industries, is going solar. Its launch of solar startup GAF Energy "aims to...
Codes + Standards Why 2018 IECC Is Best for Consumers, Fair to Builders The 2018 IECC building code was negotiated and agreed upon by the solar and home building industries to be the most flexible to date. Yet,...
Remodeling Projects Remodeling Spending Gains Falling Back to Average By the end of 2019, remodeling spending in the U.S. is expected to slow down to a 5.1 percent annual growth rate, down 2.4 percent from 2018...
Single-Family Homes Rental Demand Heating Up Home prices had the lowest annual gain since August 2015 in November 2018, while annual rental price growth surpassed its appreciation rate...
New-Home Sales More New Homes Selling at a Discount New research finds that prices were cut at least once, and in some cases significantly, on newly built homes in nearly all major U.S. metros...
