New-Construction Projects Downtown Houston Ready for Post-Harvey Revitalization A newly-proposed blueprint for downtown Houston includes smart city technology, and transportation improvements aimed at rapidly expanding...
Trends On the Waterfront in These U.S. Cities Today’s urban parks face additional pressure to provide active programming for an growing number of users, and are commonly subject to...
Market Data + Trends New Data Shows How Many U.S. Homes Are Worth $500K and Over In an attempt to understand who will be affected by the GOP tax plan if it passes, the National Association of Realtors compiled data from...
Market Data + Trends New Orleans, California Cities Have Highest Rent Increases in 2017 Most renters are cost-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent, per Census Bureau data, and rents continue...
Trends Facebook's Marketplace to Offer Real Estate Listings, May 'Dwarf' Competition Facebook recently announced that it is significantly expanding the real estate listings section on its Marketplace in an attempt to take on...
Remodeling Houzz CEO Says Renovation Projects Make Some Couples Consider Divorce When remodeling or renovating their home, 12 percent of married couples consider divorce, according to survey data. “We started running...
Trends #Adulting: The Power of Millennial Homebuyers and Their Social Media Habits on the Housing Market Millennials were the largest group of home buyers, at 34 percent, from July 2015 until June 2016, according to a National Association of...
Green Projects Bill Gates Buys Land, Plans Smart City in Arizona Bill Gates has bought a majority interest in 25,000 acres of land in Belmont, Arizona near Phoenix to develop a smart city. According to...
Opinion Tax Proposal 'Changing the Calculus' For Second-Home Buyers The GOP-proposed tax reform has not yet passed, however, the possibility that the second-home mortgage deduction will be eliminated has...
Market Data + Trends Vocational Programs May Be a Viable Solution to Income Inequality in Manufacturing Industry Some experts are saying that deeper investment in vocational programs and trade schools, rather than 4-year colleges may help solve the U.S....
