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- Young Adults Are Once Again Moving Back HomeThe share of young adults living with their parents increased in 2024, interrupting the post-pandemic trend of individuals ages 18-34 moving out of parental homes.
- Which Home Features Add the Most Value?The latest American Housing Survey revealed details about how influential bathrooms, bedrooms, the age of homes and other features are to a home's value.
- Bill Would Repeal Biden-Era OSHA Heat StandardRep. Mark Messmer (R-Ind.) has introduced legislation that would repeal the Biden administration’s proposed OSHA rule on heat injury prevention in the workforce which would impose impracticable requirements on residential construction employers.
- How the Fed’s Rate Cuts Will Impact Housing in 20262026 is likely to present the home building sector with new challenges and opportunities, many of which will be explored in a Dec. 11 webinar, “Housing Market Outlook: The Fed Resumes Rate Cuts.”
- NAHB Backs Trump Administration’s Proposed ESA ReformsIn a move strongly supported by NAHB, the U.S. Interior Department on Nov. 21 announced four proposed regulatory rules regarding reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that would rescind changes made during the Biden administration that have created regulatory barriers that hinder housing development and economic activity.
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- Where Renters and Owners Face the Highest Cost BurdensThe housing affordability crisis continues to disproportionately affect renters, with more than half of renter households experiencing high-cost burdens — i.e., paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities. At the same time, current home owners, buoyed by significant home equity gains and locked in by below-market mortgage rates, are in a […]
- September Jobs Report Highlights a Cooling but Still Growing Labor MarketThe long-delayed September jobs report revealed that the U.S. economy added 119,000 jobs while the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in nearly four years. Combined with downward revisions to previous months, this month’s data indicates a slowing of the U.S. labor market, though one that is still expanding. With the October jobs report […]
- Existing Home Sales Rise in OctoberExisting home sales rose to an eight-month high in October as buyers took advantage of lower mortgage rates, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Resale inventory improved from a year ago but remained below pre-pandemic levels. Relatively tight supply continued to push home prices higher and challenge housing affordability. These affordability pressures vary […]
- Affordability Impacts: Young Adults Are Once Again Moving Back HomeThe share of young adults living with parents increased in 2024, interrupting the post-pandemic trend of moving out of parental homes. Nearly a third (32.5%) of adults ages 18-34 lived with their parents according to the latest 2024 American Community Survey (ACS). This is up from 31.8% in 2023, although it remains below the pre-pandemic […]
- Location, Location, Location: How Place and Neighborhood Shape Home ValuesThe value of a single-family home depends not only on its physical features but also on its location and neighborhood context. In this second part of our two-part series, we examine how geography and neighborhood quality further influence single-family detached home values across the United States. Not surprisingly, location remains one of the strongest drivers […]
