A new look at vacancy rates among renters and owners suggests an uptick in wanting to buy. But this push may be making it harder to purchase a home.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Gauging Vacancy Trends
The Census Bureau’s quarterly report will provide current information on the rental and homeowner vacancy rates. See what’s in store for The Week Ahead.
Read More »Homeownership Gets a Boost from Young Americans
The homeownership rate ticked up slightly from last year, prompted by a jump in millennial owners, according to a Census Bureau survey. Here are some of the factors that are driving more buyers from this generation to purchase a house.
Read More »Is Homeownership Losing Out to Renting?
A new report shows a steady trend of depleting homeownership over a 10-year period. And that current market conditions are not making the trend especially reversible. Here’s why.
Read More »Will Wage Growth Bring Relief to Homebuyers?
The latest data on U.S. jobs by the Census Bureau has indicated rising wages. Experts weigh in on whether these increases will translate into easing the burden of rising home prices for homebuyers.
Read More »West, Southwest Lead Sales of New Single-family Homes
A rising demand from younger homebuyers spurred the sales of new homes in the West and Southwest according to Census Bureau data. But which region didn’t fare so well?
Read More »Multigenerational Households on the Rise
As of 2016, one in five Americans lived in a multigenerational household. That’s the key revelation from a newly released Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census data, revealing that the percentage of multigenerational American households has reached a level ...
Read More »Construction Spending on the Upswing
Overall construction spending increased by 3.0 percent year-over-year according to the latest monthly Construction Spending Report released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report also found a month-over-month spending increase, with overall construction spending inching upwards from $1,272.2 billion in ...
Read More »Can 2017’s Mighty Construction Numbers Keep Rolling in 2018?
Housing boomed in 2017. The numbers were the best in 10 years. If you’re only looking at single-family construction. The bigger picture might not be so rosy in 2018?
Read More »Southern Cities on the Rise
The latest Census data has Southern cities reigning supreme in terms of population growth. Ten of the top 15 fastest growing cities in the country are located in the South, with five in Texas alone. The West also saw growth, claiming four of the top spots.
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