Market Data + Trends Apartment Building Is Slowing Down New data from Dodge Data & Analytics show apartment construction spending may drop 8 percent in 2018, the second consecutive annual...
Market Data + Trends New Home Sizes Are Still Trending Downward 2017's third quarter saw decline in new, single family home sizes, signaling a reversal of the upward trend caused by builders focusing on...
Market Data + Trends 'Infinite Suburbia': Peripheries Offer Better Options Than Urban Cores A new book argues that the exurbs and suburbs remain the dominant, and fastest growing part of the U.S. housing market. Much of this has...
Market Data + Trends Southern States May Have the Edge Bidding for Amazon's Second Headquarters Amazon plans to spend $5 billion on a second headquarters in the U.S. that will employ 50,000 people. New data evaluates which cities are...
Market Data + Trends 2018: the Year of the First-Time Homebuyer Many industry experts anticipate the number of first-time homebuyers will outpace the overall housing market in 2018, according to a new...
Market Data + Trends Latest Data Suggests More New Single Family Homes Are Coming to the Market In October, builders procured 5.9 percent more permits than in September, according to new Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and...
Market Data + Trends Toilets Use the Most Water in U.S. Homes Toilets account for the greatest share of indoor residential water use, 33.1 gallons per day (gpd), followed closely by showers, faucets,...
Market Data + Trends Areas With Most Flood Claims Have Higher Home Values Than U.S. Median Since 1978, only 12 counties have been responsible for a third of flood insurance claims in the U.S. Flood claims filed during that...
Market Data + Trends Home Builder Confidence Highest Since March The November assessment of home builder sentiment rose to 70, up two points from October, signaling continued growth in confidence. ...
Market Data + Trends U.S. Finalizes Tariffs on Canadian Softwood Lumber The U.S. Commerce Department has finalized tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber. The imposed duties would add 20 percent or more to the cost...