Codes + Standards This Week's Codes and Standards, October 15 Building smarter with materials that can dry out, California statewide rent control initiative, Global Green Tag Production Certification standard launch, Massachusetts' homeowner protest, and urban infill rising in the Bay Area
Trends Looking for the Missing Middle Why are home builders in the US not building more homes for this market segment?
Builders Prefab Factory Coming to Pueblo, Colo. Colorado Springs-based builder The Challenger Group's subsidiary Key Structures is opening a startup plant in Pueblo, Colo. to manufacture...
Tiny Homes Telluride's Affordability Model The current average price per square foot of a home in ski town Telluride, Colo. is $717, but local architectural firm CCA recently opened a...
Market Data + Trends Best Place to Retire in the U.S. in 2019 U.S. News and World Report has released its 2019 ranking of the best places in the U.S. to retire, and while Florida and Texas had some of...
Market Data + Trends More Americans Want to Stay Home When pondering the question, "should I stay or should I go," most homeowners are opting to stay in their homes and update them, rather than...
Market Data + Trends Sales Pace Downshifts in Hot Markets The sales pace in the hottest housing markets in the U.S. is slowing down. Denver, San Jose, Calif., and Seattle had some of the greatest...
Economics Rate Hike Approaches 'Pain Threshold' The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed loan surpassed 5 percent. Experts are now assessing what approaching six percent means for the...
Economics Harnessing Nontraditional Data, Adapting for the Future Home prices increase when they are located near the "right" amount of specialty food stores, coffee shops, and other community amenities....
Market Data + Trends Residential Construction Input Prices Paid in September In September, the price trends for residential construction materials reversed, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The...
