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...
Market Data + Trends Issues High on Builders' Minds for 2018 The top problem builders expect to face in 2018 is the cost and availability of labor, an issue for 82 percent of builders in 2017. In a...
Market Data + Trends States With the Highest Property Tax Burdens Are on the Coasts According to new analysis of 2016 Census data, property owners in the New York metropolitan area, at $7,471, pay the highest real estate...
Market Data + Trends Top 10 States Most Dependent on the Federal Government New data show that Southern states are the most reliant on the federal government, with three states in the top 5, and no states in the ...
Market Data + Trends Beachy Keen: the Most Affordable Beach Towns in 2018 For the third year in a row, Gulfport, Mississippi was named the most affordable beach town in the U.S., with a median home value of $116...
Market Data + Trends Employment Increased in November 2017 in Almost All States According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from 2016 to 2017, 47 states increased employment. In November 2017, payroll...
Market Data + Trends 10 U.S. Cities With the Biggest Population Declines While overall population growth in the U.S. has slowed over the past few years, ten cities have seen rapid decreases in population over the...
Market Data + Trends People 'Live Long and Prosper' in Big Cities New analysis of commuting zone data shows the link between place and life expectancy. Some conclude that big cities and urban environments...
