Pro Builder 2024 Housing Forecast
Sure there are challenges, but overall, Pro Builder's annual Housing Forecast Survey finds home builders are optimistic about the coming year
Is Off-Site Construction Losing Steam?
The pandemic saw a jump in interest for various alternative building methods among home builders, but some of that interest seems to have waned. Here’s why
Why Is So Much Housing Stock Sitting Vacant?
Amid a historic housing inventory shortage, more than 5 million U.S. homes are vacant, according to a new LendingTree report
What Are Experts Predicting for the 2024 Housing Market?
Industry experts are divided about the future of a volatile U.S. housing market
How Can Digitalization Improve Housing Planning and Regulation?
Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies unpacks new research on the role of digitalization in housing development
June S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Reveals Market Strength
Low inventory is keeping competition tight and is buoying home prices in a sluggish summer market
Financing
Americans Expect Mortgage Rates to Top 8% by the End of the Year
Most U.S. households anticipate steady interest rate hikes throughout 2023, but that also translates to a slowdown in home price growth
Affordability
US Housing Affordability Is Worse Now Than in 2008
Measurements of housing affordability were worse in December 2022 than at any point leading up to the housing bubble in 2008, but experts say conditions will improve by the end of the year
Remodeling
Report Finds Existing US Housing Stock Still Needs More Investment
Despite the pandemic boom in remodeling, a new report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies finds many U.S. homes still require critical replacements and repairs
Manufacturers + Suppliers
LG Partners With Swipe Out Hunger to Provide Healthy Meals for 500,000 College Students
Swipe Out Hunger recently enlisted the help of LG Electronics to donate refrigerator-freezers to 60 college campuses where students are struggling with food insecurity
Market Data + Trends
Despite an Uptick During the Pandemic, Residential Mobility Rates Are Declining
Fewer Americans are relocating post-pandemic, but those opting to move are leaving major cities and heading to rural and suburban markets
Market Data + Trends
The Biggest Regrets Among Relocating Homebuyers in 2022
High home prices and mortgage rates have made relocating even harder, and as a result, many buyers who moved in 2022 were disappointed with their purchases
Demographics
The US Homeownership Rate Is Increasing, but Along With It, a Racial Gap Is Widening
The homeownership gap between Black Americans and any other racial group is at its widest point in a decade
Exclusive Research + Data
Introducing Pro Builder's Weekly 'Good News' Newsletter
Positive stories from the home building industry to take you into the weekend
Builders
Home Builder Confidence Posts Biggest Monthly Gain in a Decade
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index posted its largest month-to-month increase in 10 years in February
Market Data + Trends
Millennials Spearheaded ‘Unprecedented’ Household Growth From 2019 to 2021
Demand is cooling after three years of record growth in household formation. Here's what that housing boom suggests about the future of the for-sale market
