The annual “State of Home Spending” report shows increased spending on home improvement projects in 2023 and explores key home improvement trends Overall spend on home improvement grew 6% to ...
Housing
What Will Mortgage Rates Do Next? History Offers Some Clues
Key Takeaways: This is the first time in over 40 years that mortgage rates – after controlling for inflation - have been negative.Inflation is 9.1%, nearly twice as high as 5.5% mortgage ...
Update: Now Continues to be the Least Affordable Time to Buy a Home in Recent History
As interest rates for mortgages continue to rise, so does the comparative advantage of staying in place and remodeling vs. buying a new home. Key Takeaways: Controlling for hourly wage rates, a ...
Now Is the Worst Time to Buy a Home in the Last 15 Years
Key Takeaways 30-year mortgage rates rose to 5.11% for the first time in over a decade The combined cost of a home – base price and mortgage rate – has produced the highest lifetime cost on ...
The Reason Why Sustainable Housing Must Be Led by Renovators and Remodelers
Key Takeaways: There are 143 million existing housing units in the country, while the production rate of new homes is only 1.3 million homes per year.If all the productive capacity of new home ...
The Remarkable Gap Between Spending Growth and Employment Growth in Housing
February employment growth bounced back to a relatively strong 379,000 net new jobs gained month over month, and the national unemployment rate dropped to 6.2%, a level lower than the average post ...
What 2020 New Home Construction Could Tell Us About the 2021 Remodeling Season
Key Takeaways New home construction took a hit in April, with starts falling 30%.New home permits and new home starts lead new home completions by 6-12 months, which will potentially boost ...
Data Suggests Lower Income Households Prioritize Spending on Home Maintenance
Household spending on remodeling and maintenance expenditures changes as household income increases.Across all household income levels, maintenance spending increases by $2.29 for every additional ...
The Biggest Trend in Housing Economics?
There are all sorts of ways to look at and understand the dynamics of ownership characteristics within the housing market: new houses under construction, new houses sold, existing houses sold, the ...
Existing Home Sales Disappoint, But Low Interest Rates Are Only Part of the Story
U.S home sales disappointed as a key economic indicator fell more than expected in June. Today the National Association of Realtors announced that existing home sales dropped 1.7% in June from the ...