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Codes + Standards
New LEED credit for timber traceability, ICC code releases for repurposed shipping containers, San Francisco clears ADU permit backlog, tech keys to affordable housing, and a 3D-printed 2,000 square-foot home

This Week's Codes and Standards, March 25

Trends
In Tennessee's new and existing home markets, homebuyers and owners increasingly want storm shelters included in their home's design.

Storm Shelter Surge

Industry Data + Research
The costs of homeownership and having children are rising, especially on the coasts. A new study finds the best cities on the West Coast to settle down and raise a family.

Best in the West for Raising Families

Smart & Resilient Cities
The co-living startup formerly known as WeWork, now The We Company, is getting into the housing industry, by way of urban design.

Startup Seeks to Smarten Up and Disrupt Cities

Demographics
America's "twin dysfunctions" in its demographics, overflowing urban hubs and rural communities struggling with brain drain, has experts searching for solutions. One may be greater investment in second-tier research universities.

Rural Revival Strategies

Sales
In February, tight supply of existing homes undercut potential sales for these homes at a 2.9 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate, totaling 153,000 in lost sales, per the latest data from First American.

Market Potential for Existing-Home Sales

Financial
Following the recent Fed announcement that there will be no further rate hikes in 2019, the average rate for 30-year fixed home loans dropped from 4.40 to 4.34 percent, according to Mortgage News Daily.

Rates Tumble After Fed Announcement

Trends
While supply is ticking up, interest rates are down, and home value growth is slowing, homebuyers still face a major headwind in the spring market: affordability.

Buyers' Spring Stumbling Block

Industry Data + Research
In February, prices paid for gypsum products decreased a seasonally adjusted 5.1 percent, continuing the downward trend of the past five months, per the latest BLS data.

Gypsum Prices Decreased Again

Demographics
Job growth is outstripping the supply of homes new employees can afford in California, causing some employers to leave the state.

California's 'Crisis Stage'

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