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Economist: New Construction Drove Housing Inventory up in December 2017
New home sales dropped 9.3 percent in the U.S. housing market from November to December 2017. The number of new homes on the market increased 3.9…
Limited Supply Drove Down Existing-Home Sales in December 2017
The ongoing housing inventory crisis is driving up prices, and slowing down sales. Existing-home sales for all of 2017 were just 1.1 percent …
LG to Raise Washing Machine Prices, Citing Trump Tariffs
LG Electronics is informing retailers to expect price increases on its washing machines, in light of President…
Millennial Homebuyers Favor These Areas in 2018
None of the top 10 destinations for millennial homebuyers were big cities. A new ranking reveals that seven of the top 10 largest cities in the U.…
Government + Policy
Trump's Tariff Decisions Draw Warnings from GOP Lawmakers
This week, U.S. President Donald Trump moved to impose tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines. In Washington, several Republican…
'A Recipe for Sales': Stock Market Gains Drive Luxury Housing Market Prices
In the fourth quarter of 2017, stock market gains and investor confidence spurred on strong demand for luxury homes, with prices up 7.4 percent…
Rental Prices Went up 3 Percent Nationally, Almost 9 Percent in Some Markets in 2017
A new analysis of U.S. rental prices found that the median rent rose 3.1 percent in 2017. Since the end of 2012 when housing prices bottomed out,…
20 Hottest U.S. Real Estate Markets in January 2018
Nationally, for-sale inventory remains low, down 8 percent from January 2017. However, roughly 365,000 new listings are expected on the market by…
The 10 Most Affordable Suburbs for Families
2017 was the first time this decade that U.S. suburban population growth outpaced population growth in cities, per the…
The Number of One-Person Construction Trade Firms Isn't Rising, But Revenue Is
At the lowest point of the housing downturn, from 2010 through 2015, the number of homes under construction increased by 131 percent. But, while…