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A couple looks stressed as they look over their finances and realize homeownership isn't possible.

Market Data + Trends

Are Renters Throwing Away Their Dreams of Buying a Home?

Half of renters feel like buying a home is off the table for good, but some demographic cohorts are more optimistic

Modular homes being constructed in a factory to help address the housing shortage.

Building Technologies

Hispanic Homeownership Rate Reaches Record High

Design

A modern green kitchen with wooden accents

Design

25 Tips for Designing Kitchens With Storage in Mind

With a growing trend toward neat, uncluttered kitchens, storage solutions have become more important than ever for today's homeowners

March 13, 2025

Multifamily missing-middle housing at the farming stage of construction

Market Data + Trends

Uptick in Multifamily Missing-Middle Housing Construction

Recent data offer hope for additional supply of multifamily missing-middle housing

Feb. 26, 2025

Design

8 Surfacing Trends to Expect in 2025 and Beyond

From neutral, minimal surfaces to barely-there patterns, homebuyers want surfaces that will stand the test of time

Feb. 21, 2025

Accessibility

Aging-in-Place Design Solutions for Today's Buyer

Delivering new homes for the later years is all about smart design that enables flexibility

Feb. 19, 2025

Construction

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Resilient Construction

Designing Homes That Prioritize Fire Safety

As wildfires become more frequent, it's becoming increasingly important for the home building industry to take a proactive approach to fire resilience

March 20, 2025

Construction worker shakes hands with a potential employer as the number of new construction job openings declines.

Labor + Trade Relations

Construction Job Openings Fall

However, shifts in hires, quits, discharges, and layoffs helped to create some job openings

March 19, 2025

Students at Camp TRF wear hard hats and use construction tools to gain exposure to the skilled trades.

Education + Training

Construction Camp Introduces Students to the Trades

TRF Camp Build, a free camp designed to give middle school students hands-on construction experience, will be held in Sterling, Va., this summer

March 14, 2025

Two young people working skilled trades jobs

Education + Training

Careers In Trades Week Highlights Young People’s Interest in the Trades

Perspectives on continued education have shifted in recent years, particularly among young people who are more likely to choose a trades career than in the past

March 13, 2025

Business Management

Homes in Suffolk County, N.Y., where single-family rental yields are particularly high.

Markets

10 Counties for Single-Family Rental Growth

Most areas of the US are projected to see yields for single-family rentals decline, but not in these markets, which anticipate rental yield growth of more than 8%

March 21, 2025

Miami city, a U.S. metro where homes sell the slowest thanks to a surplus of inventory.

Markets

Homes Take the Longest to Sell in These Markets

In the cities where it takes the longest for homes to sell, it would take 3.5 months for all of the available homes on the market to be purchased

March 20, 2025

A homeowner goes over her budget on a calculator as homeowner concerns mount about housing affordability.

Market Data + Trends

Homeowner Sentiment Is Low

A recent survey shows that 84% of homeowners are concerned about housing affordability where they live

March 20, 2025

The interior of a home under construction as single-family starts rise.

Market Data + Trends

Single-Family Construction Drives Housing-Starts Growth

In February, single-family housing starts increased by 11.4%, bringing them to their highest level in a year

March 19, 2025

Sales + Marketing

A Black couple looks at their newly purchased home

Demographics

Black Homeownership Rate Improves but Still Trails

Faced by greater affordability challenges, Black households have traditionally found it more difficult to enter the housing market. But that's changing

March 18, 2025

Gen-Z couple shake hands with a real estate agent as they purchase a home.

Demographics

Gen Zers Want to Buy Homes, so What’s Holding Them Back?

Gen Z is keen to enter the housing market, but high costs and elevated mortgage rates are a hindrance

March 17, 2025

An older adult uses a grab bar mounted to the wall in a home equipped to allow the homeowner to age in place.

Demographics

What's Keeping Older Homeowners From Aging in Place?

Despite 58% of older adults wanting to stay in their homes for the remainder of their lives, most homes aren't equipped for their needs

March 17, 2025

Chaffee County, Colo., is the type of small town that's drawing young people seeking more affordable housing

Demographics

Young Adults Are Flocking to Small Towns

With costs in large cities increasing, Millennials and Generation Z are more interested in buying homes in rural communities

March 14, 2025

Idea Homes

Carolla Build

Carolla Build Idea Home

The Carolla Build Idea Home in Las Vegas is designed to be a private haven and workspace for its owner—actor, comedian, author, television host, and popular podcaster Adam Carolla...

March 6, 2025

Panorama House

CNaught – Walking the Walk to a Carbon Neutral Home

CNaught simplifies embodied carbon calculation and offers easy to purchase carbon offsets at the Panorama House. Building a carbon neutral home takes a whole team to ensure...

March 19, 2025