What Gen-Z Buyers Really Want in a Home
The fervor of planning for Millennials in the home building industry has now pivoted to Gen Z. So, what does this new generation want?
Post-Pandemic Trends: Working From Home
A greater share of workers are still working from home than before the pandemic and they're concentrated in the information, professional, and financial services sectors
Millennials on Top Again as Largest Homebuying Group
Millennials beat out Boomers as the largest homebuying cohort, according to a recent report, but Boomers remain the largest generation of home sellers
The State of Hispanic Homeownership
2023 saw a net gain of 377,000 Latino owner-households, the largest single-year gain in almost 20 years, a recent report finds
Gen-Z Homebuyer Must-Haves
To afford a home, Generation Z is willing to make compromises, but not on everything
9M Baby Boomers to Exit Housing Market by 2035—but Gradually
The latest Freddie Mac report finds the contraction in the housing market from Boomers making their exit won't be a dramatic wave but more like a receding tide
Will Housing Availability Improve? Homebuyers Increasingly Say Yes
The number of homebuyers who expect their housing search to become easier in the coming months hit 25 percent, the highest Q1 reading in three…
Coronavirus Resources and Information
Why Are the Suburbs Trending During the Pandemic?
All the museums and restaurants of cities are moot points when they’re shut down and residents are shut in. Throw in a heightened awareness of…
Homeownership Rate Up First Quarter 2020
Despite every setback 2020 has had to offer, there is still some housing market momentum leftover from the end of 2019. Thanks to low mortgage…
How Is Demand Responding to Current Housing Market Conditions?
With all the signs of economic slowdown, it does not take an industry expert to know that the coronavirus is negatively impacting home sales. But…
Rent or Buy? The Price-to-Rent Ratio in the 50 Largest U.S. Cities
To rent or to buy? SmartAsset crunched the numbers for that age old question and found that it is a renter’s market on average in the U.S.,…
Americans Cautious Even Before Coronavirus' Full Economic Impact
For the sixth consecutive year, fewer Americans are planning on buying a home in the next 12 months than the year before, according to NAHB's…
Will the Pandemic Accelerate Millennial Homeownership?
With unemployment claims at record highs and much of the economy struggling to get by, the concept of the coronavirus pandemic actually increasing…
Rise in Online Apartment Shopping Hints at Rental Recovery
Maybe we have reached the “Googling new apartments for fun” stage of quarantine, but the spike in activity on RENTCafé may also reveal a renewed…
Homebuyer Demand Shifts Toward Less Dense Rural Markets
As the highly transmittable coronavirus rips through communities across America, an increasing number of homebuyers are trading city dreams for…
In Which U.S. Cities Is It Hardest to Buy a Home?
Even before the coronavirus, buying a home was not a walk in the park for many Americans, especially for those…