Here’s why effecting change in housing inventory will also require updates to land use and tax laws.
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 »Meeting the Challenges of Inventory Shortage
A new study analyzed the current problem of low housing supply and what could be done to alleviate it. Here’s what they found.
Read More »If You Build It…
Residential construction spending has been trending upwards in recent years, but is that holding true as we wind toward the end of 2017?
Read More »What are the Top and Bottom CBSAs?
Experts have released the latest statistics from the top and bottom CBSAs around the nation.
Read More »Built-for-Rent Homes Regaining Market Share
The percentage of single-family homes built for the express purpose of renting them out is down from its peak reached in early 2013, but has been trending upward for the last four quarters. What has been driving the increase?
Read More »Single-Family Housing Market is Making ‘Slow But Steady Progress’
Confidence among home builders has been on a series of ups and downs over the last few months, showing slow but continued progression in the single-family sector, but they are still faced with concerns about labor and lot shortages.
Read More »Single-Family Built-for-Rent Market Higher than Historical Average, but Still Below Peak
The market share for built-for-rent homes increased following the financial crisis of 2008, despite a share higher than the historical average in Q1, the total numbers overall are low. This particular measure includes only single-family homes that are built and rented out; it does not include homes that are sold to another party to rent.
Read More »Survey: 87 Percent of U.S. Homes are Occupied
About 87 percent of the 133 million total residential housing units in the U.S. in 2013 were reported to be occupied, according to the findings of the 2013 American Housing Survey (AHS) released earlier this week by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read More »Report Identifies Hot Spots for Single-Family Rental Investing
RealtyTrac named 16 U.S. counties as high-risk, high-yield hot spots for single-family rental investing in its Q3 2014 Residential Property Rental Report released on Thursday.
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