Market Data + Trends

New-Home Sales

Forecast Anticipates Rise In New Home Sales

New home sales in January are expected to reach 549,000, a 2.4 percent increase from December and 4.4 percent gain from a year ago. Also, by...

Single-Family Homes

Much like the U.S., the United Kingdom is facing a housing crisis where a lack of available homes is driving up prices and lowering...

Sales

The quest for affordable housing is pushing buyers farther and farther out of the nation’s capital. Jonathan Fox of the Washington Post...

Building Technology

San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland are well-known giants in the STEM field. Cleveland isn’t famous in that regard, but it sure pays like...

Economics

Detroit’s Comeback Story Is Overblown

Detroit is on the upswing, but critical issues such as poverty, unemployment, income disparities, and subpar property values remain. ...

Market Data + Trends

Cities With the Cleanest Air And Water

The rankings measured air and water quality, based on the number of clear days in a year and the amount of contaminants in the water supply

Multifamily

A forecast from HomeAdvisor says that single-family starts will increase 12.2 percent to 900,000 units this year, while multifamily...

Sales

The homeownership rate in the U.S. has fallen to a 62-year low of 62.9 percent, in part due to a lack of buying activity from young adults. ...

Innovation

Automation Contributes To Decline In Oil Jobs

As oil prices plummeted, nearly 160,000 oil jobs, or 30 percent of the total workforce, have been cut since 2014. The rise in robots have...

Economics

Average homebuyers spent 15.8 percent of their income on mortgage payments at the end of last year, the highest share since 2010. Through...

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December