Trends Report Suggests the Future of Kitchens Is Extinction A new report from Swiss investment bank UBS asks, “Is the Kitchen Dead?," positing that with the rise of food delivery apps, "home cooking...
Market Data + Trends Loan Volume Down Last Week Total mortgage application volume was down 0.5 percent from the previous week, and 13.5 percent lower year-over-year on a seasonally...
Trends Rent Control Vote Coming in California San Diego is one of the few major cities in California that does not have some form of rent control. By November, that may change. A...
Market Data + Trends June's Hottest Housing Markets Midland, Texas, Columbus, Ohio, Boston, and Fort Wayne, Ind. were the hottest markets last month, drawing the most buyer interest and...
Market Data + Trends Rise of the Roommate Living with housemates, roommates, and non-relatives is getting more popular among younger households. In 2016, 7.5 percent of adults aged...
Trends Rising Home Prices Constricting Supply Home prices had the biggest increase in four years in May 2018, yet demand has not dwindled in the market. Supply, on the other hand, is...
Trends The Growing Power of These Female Homebuyers Single women over the age of 55 have been the fastest-growing homebuying demographic for the past 38 years, and in 2017, this group made up...
Trends Architects Talk Dwindling Parking Space in Cities In urban areas, public transit, bike- and ride-sharing services, and walking are ubiquitous and preferred forms of transportation. Combined...
Trends Hotels Migrating Into Private Home Rental Market Hotel companies are getting into the private home rental market, spurred on by competition from the booming home-sharing industry. ...
Market Data + Trends Household Formation Sluggish Despite Growing Population In May of this year, 25 to 34 year old first-time buyers accounted for 31 percent of all home sales transactions of REALTORS®, roughly the...
