February home sales down
Higher interest rates, supply shortages and rising material prices, particularly for lumber, put a damper [...]
Housing Production Weakens in February
Housing production weakened in February as higher material costs and interest rates continue to affect [...]
Multifamily Housing Stumbles
The NAHB reports that multifamily starts are expected to fall 11 percent this year to [...]
NAHB Identifies Top Features and Design Trends for 2021 in the Wake of COVID-19
After declining for four years, a number of key trends-including the average size of the [...]
Suburban shift for construction in 2020
"Housing was one of the few economic bright spots in 2020, as builders worked to [...]
BEA News: Personal Income and Outlays, January 2021
ersonal income increased 10.0 percent (monthly rate) while consumer spending increased 2.4 percent in January [...]
Multifamily construction sentiment declines in Q4
Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing declined in the fourth quarter of 2020, [...]
BEA News: Gross Domestic Product, Fourth Quarter and Year 2020 (Second Estimate)
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the [...]
New home sales high in January, supply concerns remain
"Historically low mortgage rates and solid demand spurred an increase in new home sales in [...]
NAHB reveals stats for what homeowners want
The average home size peaked in 2015 and then declined, remaining flat until this year [...]