Data & Research
Data & Research
Fewer Custom Homes Built in 2023
Custom home building pulls back, but could positivity be on the horizon?
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What Features Do Homeowners Want in a New Home?
From kitchen amenities to patios, data collected from the Survey of Construction show homes are being built with these trends in mind
Custom Builder
How Can Custom Builders Respond to the Current Market?
How can custom builders capture clients today? The Farnsworth Group President Grant Farnsworth shares insights into what custom builders can do
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Do Homeowners Really Use the Inflation Reduction Act?
The first IRA report by the Treasury Department reveals who and what has benefitted from energy efficient tax incentives
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Remodeling Market Index recedes slightly in second quarter
The second quarter results of the Remodeling Market Index (RMI) slipped under pressure from a softening labor market, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), dropping two points to 45.
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Lexington homebuilders association first in U.S. to support energy rating index
The Home Builders Association of Lexington, KY., is the first U.S. builders association to support the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) index.
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Seattle leads top 10 high-tech U.S. metros
A new study from Richard Florida, co-founder and editor of The Atlantic Cities, examines the top high-tech metropolitan areas in the U.S.
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10 cities with the fastest growth in wages
PayScale, a company that compiles information on employee salary data, released an index of how many times private-sector wages have changed since 2006.
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Bank groups join to oppose eminent domain proposal in California municipalities
Eighteen banking, securities and housing groups have joined together to issue a warning to three California municipalities looking to use eminent domain as a way to seize troubled mortgages from investors.
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May new-home sales up 19.8 percent from 2011
Sales of new single-family houses in May 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 19.8 percent above the May 2011 estimate of 308,000.
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Study: 84 percent of renters plan to buy
A poll by TD Bank revealed that owning a home is still very much a part of the American Dream.
Financial
Sabal Financial Group announces builder lender program, appoints director
Financial services firm Sabal Financial Group, L.P., announced the launch of a builder lender program in an effort to offer non-recourse construction and acquisition and development (A&D) loans to established home builders in California.
Energy efficiency
Green homes continue to grow across the U.S.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that more than 20,000 homes across the United States have earned certification through the LEED for Homes program.
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CoreLogic: Negative equity keeping home sellers off market
Economists from California-based data provider CoreLogic provided new evidence in its June MarketPulse report that severe price declines are keeping home sellers out of the market, the Wall Street Journal reported.