Economics Housing Costs to Rise in 2019 for Owners, Renters The cost of owning a home is rising faster than the cost to rent in Houston, and the gap will continue to widen over time, according to the...
Trends Teachers in Turmoil San Francisco's "unprecedented" affordability crisis in housing is keeping teachers and other integral public sector employees from living...
Affordability A Decade of Downtown Living As cities evolve, so do their real estate markets. A new study evaluates median sale price changes in the decade starting with the Great...
Market Data + Trends 'Stop' in Starts Amid Shutdown Due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, federal data on housing starts are currently not available. In the meantime, private sector...
Economics Housing Showing 'Signs of a Rebound' The U.S. housing market may have reached bottom, according to new analysis from industry experts, citing the recent decline in mortgage...
Economics How Much Does Student Debt Depress Homeownership? Total student loan debt in the U.S. recently topped $1.5 trillion, and is negatively impacting homeownership rates for young Americans,...
Remodeling Projects Remodeling Spending Gains Falling Back to Average By the end of 2019, remodeling spending in the U.S. is expected to slow down to a 5.1 percent annual growth rate, down 2.4 percent from 2018...
Single-Family Homes Rental Demand Heating Up Home prices had the lowest annual gain since August 2015 in November 2018, while annual rental price growth surpassed its appreciation rate...
New-Home Sales More New Homes Selling at a Discount New research finds that prices were cut at least once, and in some cases significantly, on newly built homes in nearly all major U.S. metros...
Products Prices Down in December for Residential Construction Materials The cost of materials inputs to residential construction decreased in December 2018, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor...
