Market Data + Trends Cost-Burdened Renters Down Slightly A new study from Apartment List assesses the share of cost-burdened renters in the U.S., and finds that roughly 25 percent of renting...
Market Data + Trends Home Price Chill The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index grew six percent annually in July, ticking down from June's 6.2 percent annual growth. ...
Trends Housing Demand Flagging For the fourth month in a row, the Redfin Housing Demand Index reading was relatively unchanged in August. Growing by only 0.3 percent from...
Builders Amazon Seeds Plant Prefab Amazon is officially investing in a home builder. Its Alexa Fund invests in voice-activated technologies, and recently invested $6.7 million...
Affordability Older Units Appreciating More, Disrupting Affordable Housing Stock One sign of a healthy housing market is the filtering of older structures less desirable for buying becoming more attractive for market rate...
Market Data + Trends Multifamily Unit Growth Multifamily construction posted some of the largest growth recorded over the past 45 years in 2017. Construction of units in large buildings...
Market Data + Trends Seller Expectations Vs. Market Conditions In August, home sales decreased by 2.4 percent, inventory was down 3.4 percent, and home sale prices grew 4.7 percent over the past year,...
Trends Builders Looking for Market 'Sweet Spot' Home builders are encountering more market headwinds now, and while affordability remains an issue, experts cite other reasons for dwindling...
Financing Housing Central for Americans to Build Wealth Homeownership is a significant way for low- and middle-class Americans to build material wealth, and to foster social fairness and equity. ...
Building Materials Tariffs Trouble Building Industry The latest round of tariffs on goods imported from China affects roughly $10 billion in products related to home building and remodeling,...
