Market Data + Trends Boulder, Colo. Named Fifth-Least Affordable Metro in the U.S. Along with San Jose, San Francisco, Honolulu, and San Diego, Boulder cracked the top five for worst affordability out of the 173 metro areas...
Market Data + Trends Calculating Where It's Better to Rent or Buy Over Time A new calculator represented on a map of the United States identifies 10 counties where buying becomes a better financial option than...
Trends Some Forecasts Say 'Retail Apocalypse Is on the Horizon' Rick Stein, the founder of Urban Decision Group, says that suburban retail may be ripe for "major disruption," citing a perfect storm of...
Opinion New Federal Tax Law May Make Bay Area Housing Problems 'More Serious' Economists and housing industry experts anticipate that the new tax code could raise overall home ownership costs in California and decrease...
Trends A New Generation of Homeowners Generation Z has entered the housing market in surprising numbers. Credit agency Transunion says that more than 99,000 of individuals born...
Education + Training Home Depot to Commit $50 Million to Train Tradespeople On March 8, 2018, The Home Depot Foundation announced its commitment to train 20,000 tradespeople over the next 10 years, including a...
Trends At Decade-High Popularity, House Flipping Has Changed The number of house flippers and houses flipped have hit decade highs, yet changes in financing methods, and higher home prices and margins...
Trends Lease-to-Own Program Allows Renters to Use Price Appreciation When Buying Available in 40 housing markets in the U.S., the Ownership Conversion Pilot program through Home Partners of America and New Penn Financial...
Market Data + Trends Monroe, La. Named the Most Dangerous U.S. City of 2018 A recent report from website NeighborhoodScout looked at the total violent crimes per 1,000 residents reported to the FBI to create the...
Market Data + Trends Homebuyers Have 'Poor Perceptions' of Current Housing Availability, Poll Finds Roughly 65 percent of respondents in a National Association of Home Builders poll don't expect that their search to buy the right home will...
