Mention of Eco-Friendly Home Features Is on the Rise in Sales Listings
Home listing descriptions using eco-friendly terms have been rising over the past five years in line with growing consumer interest in the environment and energy efficiency
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?
Lumber Leads Building Materials Prices Higher in March
Overall, the cost of building materials rose during March, with softwood lumber, gypsum products, and concrete all seeing price increases. Only steel mill materials saw price drops
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
Sherwin-Williams' Kingdom Gold Color Is Making New Friends
The paints and coatings brand takes a strategic marketing approach to shine a light on an overlooked hue
Exterior Design Trends? Homebuyer Preferences Run the Gamut
It turns out there's little national consensus when it comes to what U.S. homebuyers prefer for home exteriors
Can a Home Help You Live Longer?
Are claims that residents can live healthier in a domicile with circadian lighting, hospital-grade filtered air, and pollutant-free water bogus or…
What Is the Color of 2020?
As the Benjamin Moore team looked forward to a new decade, they searched for a color that could capture their budding sense of optimism about…
Green Is Growing on the Rooftops
Green roofs can reduce air-conditioning demand, filter dirty storm water, reduce air pollution, and green house gas emissions. They also can be an…
Agrihoods Differentiate a Community, But …
In some cities, agrihoods are among the top-selling master-planned developments, attracting a mix of empty nesters, young families, and…
Energy Efficiency
What Green Features Do Millennials Want?
The National Association of Home Builders delineates between the must haves and what's desirable in its breakdown of green features Millennials…
Living Alone Is Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be
While these arrangements are at a scale too small to put a dent in the housing affordability crisis, shared housing and cohousing are options for…
Trends
The New Home Story Is About the Number One
The share of new homes with two or more stories declined to 53% of houses built last year compared with 55% in 2017, while one-story home…
As Housing Prices Rise, Mobile Home Communities Are Thriving
The need for affordable housing has fueled demand for mobile homes, according to commercial real estate firm Marcus and Millichap.
In…
Renters Are Becoming Homeowners the Quickest in These 25 Cities
A new study by SmartAsset has calculated the average time it takes for renters to become homeowners in the 100 largest US cities, and 25 stood…
Millennial Homebuyers Are Pushing the New-Home Market
Home builder Taylor Morrison says the surge in new housing starts is being…
