Trends In Some West Coast Cities, Renting is More Affordable Than Homeownership The Urban Institute says it's more affordable to own a home with a mortgage than it is to rent in the U.S. In a new study, the findings...
Trends Side Effects: Soaring Rents and 'Plummeting' Fertility Rates in Big Cities A team of economists have found that the zoning, and restrictive land-use regulations that make cities such as San Francisco and New York so...
Opinion Report: Tax Bill Will Cause Home Prices to Drop 4 Percent by Summer 2019 A new Moody’s Analytics report says that by the summer of 2019, U.S. home prices will be down by 4 percent compared to where they’d be if no...
Trends 'The Time Is Here' for 'Cutting-Edge' Apartment Tech Digital amenities like automated storage units, camera-equipped refrigerators, and convertible furniture operated by mobile phone are now...
Trends California Homeowners Worry Insurers Will Drop Coverage Due to Historic Wildfires Drier weather, and volatile weather patterns often related to climate change have led insurers to turn to new computer models that provide...
Market Data + Trends New Study Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Suburban Sprawl, New Urbanism High-rise residents consume approximately 27 percent more energy than their suburban counterparts, according to a new report. Researchers...
Market Data + Trends Tesla Tips Residential Solar Market Downward After Years of Double-Digit Growth According to GTM’s quarterly solar market report, the residential solar market is expected to drop 13 percent for 2017. In 2016, the market...
Market Data + Trends Fewer Jobs, Longer Hours for Construction Workers in 2017 New analysis of timesheet data shows that construction workers are working, on average, 39.6 hours a week in 2017, an hour increase from...
Opinion Calculating Advantages for Homeowners and Renters Under New Tax Bill Republican leaders' want to deliver their proposed changes to the tax code to President Donald Trump in December 2017, the effects of which...
Opinion New Tax Bill May Signal Reversal of Fortune for Homeowners The new tax bill will affect many homeowners’ monthly housing costs, and curtail the incentive to buy instead of renting. “It suggests a...
