Residential developers and general contractors must maintain insurance policies for every project. While insurance is a requirement for new home construction, builders have a wide… Read More

Warranty accrual rates in the residential construction industry have recently seen substantial growth. What is driving the increase, and what should new home builders know… Read More

Will Home Renovations Cost Builders in 2020?   According to a March 2019 report by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), the U.S.… Read More

While most people are familiar with Millennials as a workforce and their impact on the economy, a new cohort is coming of age. People of… Read More

According to a study on metropolitan land values by David Albouy, Minchul Shin (from the University of Illinois) and Gabriel Ehrlich (from the University of… Read More

While the future of the U.S. housing market is difficult to predict, the current shortage of homes for sale has contributed to an affordability crisis.… Read More

Over the last few years, the U.S. economy has been gaining strength and viewed with general optimism. However, historians, economists, and real estate experts predict… Read More

According to recent forecasting by the economic researchers at Freddie Mac, an increase in both the price and the number of home sales in the… Read More

The landscape of the housing market in the U.S. is changing rapidly, and the demographics of people purchasing their first homes aren’t what they used… Read More

According to a December 2018 market snapshot from NAR (National Association of Realtors), pending home sales in the United States were down by 9.8 percent… Read More