Market Data + Trends Realtors Report Weak Supply, Strong Buyer Traffic in November 2017 A new monthly survey of realtors reported strong buying activity, but weak or unstable supply conditions and seller activity. Respondents...
Builders The Most Important Indicators of Home Building Health Experts are saying to ignore the drop in single-family housing starts at the end of 2017, as high buyer demand and builder confidence are...
International Builders' Show Best in Show: the Winning Products of the 2018 International Builders' Show At the National Association of Home Builders’ sixth annual Best of International Builders’ Show (IBS) product competition, the top awards...
Trends The Difficulties Impacting Rural Housing Markets In rural America, home to nearly one-fifth of the country's population, affordable housing is harder to find than in the nation's big cities...
Trends Indiana Has Three of the Most Livable Small Cities in the U.S. While big cities attract many people seeking economic opportunity, a new ranking shows how livability in 10 small cities across the U.S.,...
Home Technology Ready or Not: Smart Home Trends at CES 2018 At the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, sleep tech was on the forefront of new smart home products and innovations, along with wireless...
Opinion Lawmakers Seek to Bail Out National Flood Insurance Program The federal program providing the only flood insurance available for most American homeowners is set to expire on Friday. The program owes...
Market Data + Trends December 2017 Was the 35th Consecutive Month of Falling For-Sale Housing Inventory Zillow's December 2017 Housing Market report concludes that there is 'no end in sight' to the inventory crisis in the U.S. For-sale...
Market Data + Trends Builders Are Optimistic Despite Drop in Housing Starts at the End of 2017 Economists forecasted housing starts totaling 1.28 million in December 2017, falling 8.2 percent to a 1.19 million annual rate. Home...
Market Data + Trends Remodeling Spending to Rise in 2018 New projections show that homeowner remodeling spending will be roughly $340 billion in 2018, up 7.5 percent from estimated spending in 2017...
