features All New Lennar Homes to Be Smart Builder Lennar Homes said this week that all of its new homes will have Amazon Alexa-controlled built-in WiFi, smart home devices such as...
Builders Local Builders in Vegas Rising From the Ashes The crash, and subsequent rebirth of Las Vegas' housing market has been well-established. A new special report shows how three local home...
Trucks + Accessories Plant Fire Disrupts Supply of Ford F-150 Trucks A recent fire at a Michigan auto supplier plant may cause Ford to stop production of its most popular vehicle, the F-150 pick-up. Ford...
Market Data + Trends Remodelers Facing Growing Labor Shortages More than 90 percent of remodelers are dealing with a shortage of labor, and more than 40 percent say that the situation is severe,...
Trends Working Paper Suggests 'Tale of Two Trickle-Downs' A metro's share of college graduate residents is positively correlated with wage growth and higher housing costs, putting rising economic...
Energy Efficiency Copy That, Green Leader: California May Become First State to Require Solar Panels on New Homes The California Energy Commission votes this week on a program requiring solar panels on most new single-family, and certain multifamily...
Trends Home Prices Buoyant Despite Tax Overhaul Predictions At the start of this year, many housing experts and lobbyists predicted that the new tax law would tank home prices. Yet, new data show that...
Affordability Peter Simons on HomeAid's mission to help homeless people stay sheltered Each of the 9,000 beds in emergency shelters and transitional housing that HomeAid America has helped create serves an average of three people per bed annually.
Market Data + Trends Texas Named Home to Best Cities for Jobs This Year This year's best city for jobs in the nation is the Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas metro once again, edging out the San Francisco area. Dallas...
New-Construction Projects Concrete Construction Winning Over Rebuilding Homeowners Insulated Concrete Forms, known as ICFs, is a construction method typically used in hurricane-prone areas. Some Northern California...
