The latest annual report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University covers the state of the U.S. home remodeling market, following lags in the building sector.
A new paper published in the journal Urban Studies tracks suburban and urban neighborhood economic status shifts from 1970 to 2010, and the findings are confounding recent, commonly-held assumptions.
The latest release of jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the construction industry, both residential and nonresidential, lost 31,000 jobs in February 2019.
A new study analyzes Census data to find the most affordable housing markets in all 50 states. Each state has median home prices below the national median of $295,000.
Interest rates for home loans ticked up the week of March 7, 2019 after four weeks of declines. The 30-year fixed rate for mortgages averaged 4.41 percent, per Freddie Mac data.
New analysis tracks housing starts in nonmetropolitan areas. From 2011 to 2017, single-family housing starts in these areas grew 40 percent, versus 97 percent growth for total single-family homes started.
In January 2019, single-family housing starts bounced back after declining four consecutive months to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.230 million units.
