Market Data + Trends Study Finds Fastest, Slowest Average Time Between Home Sales Over the past decade, many homeowners have opted to stay in their homes longer. A new study finds the top five metros where homeowners are...
Market Data + Trends Homeownership Grew in the Second Quarter The national homeownership rate increased to 64.3 percent in the second quarter of 2018, making it the sixth consecutive quarter of annual...
Trends First Comes Home, Then Comes Marriage for Millennials Many Millennials are getting married later in life than did past generations, but this lifestyle choice is not hampering their desire to buy...
Trends Housing Market Slowdown The housing market may be poised for a cool-down, as June marked the third consecutive month of decline for existing home sales, the pace of...
Codes + Standards This Week's Codes and Standards, July 30 Updated specifications for designing HDPE conduit power and communications systems, net zero homes prompting more prefab construction, and a New York City lawsuit over home rentals
Market Data + Trends U.S. Homeownership on the Upswing Census Bureau data show that the U.S. homeownership rate was 64.3 percent in this year's second quarter, continuing to gain traction since...
Opinion National Flood Insurance Program Extended by House This week, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) extension was authorized for another four months by the U.S. House of Representatives...
Market Data + Trends To Buy or Rent in Summer 2018 Home value appreciation is at an all-time high in more than half of the nation's major metros, but in some markets, renting offers a greater...
Trends Current Home Value Peaks, Valleys A new Zillow report finds that more than half of homes in the U.S. are currently more valuable than they were before the Great Recession. ...
Market Data + Trends Americans No Longer See Real Estate As Top Investment Choice For the first time in four years, Americans do not see real estate as the best way to invest their money. Stocks and cash investments are...