Real Estate Economists Discuss How Tariffs Could Impact Homebuilders, Buyers
President Trump’s 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports, initially set to go into effect earlier this week on Tuesday, ...
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New Residential Construction Trends Down Almost 10% in January
This year kicked off with a downturn in construction—seasonally adjusted, there were only 1,366,000 privately-owned housing starts in January, 9.8% ...
Report Looks at Potential Long-Term Consequences Should Tariffs Materialize
After an aborted launch on Sat. Feb. 1, 2025, President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico have ...
How Different States Are Incentivizing Housing Construction
A shortage of inventory remains a market obstacle. One 2024 estimate from Zillow found that the U.S. has a 4.5 ...
Housing Starts Down Overall, but Single-Family Construction Increases
Housing starts decreased from October to November, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest monthly report on new construction. Within ...
NAR Forecasts Top 10 Hotspots for 2025, With South and Midwest Leading the Way
The South and Midwest led the way for the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) forecasted “Housing Hotspots” in 2025, based ...
Homebuilder Confidence Continues End-of-Year Rise in 2024
November saw homebuilder confidence rise, according to the latest findings in the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market ...
Positive Signs: Single-Family New Construction, Permits Rise in September
On the heels of two consecutive months of homebuilder confidence increases that broke a four-month streak of drops, the latest ...
Legislative Round-Up: Election Season Housing Plans, and How Congress Is Responding
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series, Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate ...
Housing Starts Jump, Single-Family Construction Surges in the Northeast
Housing starts experienced an eye-catching increase in August, per the latest findings from the U.S. Census Bureau, 9.6% higher overall ...
4 Ways to Tap the Often-Overlooked Senior Housing Market
When a person hits 80, the idea of downsizing and moving, either across town or across the country to be near children, can become less of a choice and more of a necessity. Read more.
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