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These 7 charts show how American homes have changed over the decade The Census Bureau recently released data about homes

Virtual Home Selling Tools Benefit Buyers & Sellers — And are Here to Stay Post-Pandemic Safe, secure, virtual home selling

Lumber Prices Finally Tumble After Reaching Historic Highs The price of U.S. lumber has started falling back to Earth after

EconUpdate by P. Duffy Chicago Fed National Activity Index rebounds in May What does this mean?  The economy rebounded more robustly

Homebuilding Is Bouncing Back According to numbers released by the Commerce Department, housing starts rose 3.6% to a seasonally adjusted

Report Finds 5.5M U.S. Housing Shortage The report by the Rosen Consulting Group and released by the National Association of

EconUpdate by P. Duffy Initial unemployment claims rebound 9.9 percent to 412,000 What does this mean?  Although initial claims did

Single-Family Starts Steady in May Overall housing starts increased 3.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.57 million units,

Post-Winter Storm Uptick for Sawmill Output in March The historic climb for lumber prices, combined with delays and higher costs

EconUpdate by P. Duffy Purchase loan applications rebound 2 percent from previous week, but down 17 percent year-on-year What does

How to Make A Home Greener Trying to decide how to make a home greener can be confusing, especially when

NAHB/NAR Green Home Tour Continues From Santa Fe Join them on June 17 for a virtual tour of “Modern Farmhouse”

Pearl Homes Breaks Ground on Eco-Friendly Luxury Community in Florida The Florida-based builder has started construction on Hunters Point, a

How HVAC Contractors Can Tackle Smart Home Technology As more smart technology is made, the position of several industries, like

109-unit Affordable Adaptive Reuse Project Begins Construction in New York The reuse of the 110-year-old building in Tarrytown, NY by

Biden Restores $929M Funding for High-Speed Rail in California The funding, which was canceled by the former presidential administration, was

Representative Latta Reintroduces Self-Driving Vehicle Bill The representative from Ohio reintroduced the bill called the Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment

Congress Urged to Address Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water More Expeditiously Local officials and community leaders are calling for Congress

Single Family Permits Still Show Increase Compared to Last Year Over the four months of 2021, there was a 35.6%

Time To Complete Multifamily Building Shows Slowing of Upward Trend The average length of time to complete a multifamily building

Americans Chose Cheaper Markets in 2020 Data collected showed that on average people who moved to different cities in 2020

EconUpdate by P. Duffy Consumer sentiment rebounds 4.2 percent from May and 10.6 percent year-on-year What does this mean? Although

Top Bathroom Design Trends for 2021 These are the top ten bathroom design trends that are expected to be seen

Paint Color Trends for Homes With color now being just as much a part of interior design as furniture and

DC Mayor Announces Plans To Invest $400M into Affordable Housing Included in the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget proposal, the

HVAF and Woda Cooper Break Ground on Affordable Housing Community in Indianapolis The co-developers have broken ground on the 61-unit

House Committee Approves $50B Clean Water Bill The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) approved a major measure authorizing funds

Index Shows Suburban Shift for Multifamily Construction The National Association of Home Builders’ first quarter 2021 Home Building Geography Index

Signs the Market Could Be Returning to Normal While it may be too soon to say the market is truly

NAHB/NAR Green Home Tour Continues From Santa Fe Join them on June 17 for a virtual tour of “Modern Farmhouse”