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What’s Drawing New Home Buyers to Southern States?

What’s Drawing New Home Buyers to Southern States?

In an article for the United States Census Bureau, authors Kristin Kerns and L. Slagan Locklear report that southern states in the U.S. are seeing ...
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2020 New Home Building & Construction Outlook

2020 New Home Building & Construction Outlook

Both the housing market and the home building industry have been somewhat unpredictable over the past few years. While a supply shortage in the housing ...
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Will Home Renovations Cost Builders in 2020?

Will Home Renovations Cost Builders in 2020?

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. ...
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How are New Home Builders Affected by Tariffs?

How are New Home Builders Affected by Tariffs?

According to Washington Post contributor Kathy Orton, while home builder confidence was strong at the beginning of 2018, it “fell to its lowest level in ...
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Will the New Home Builders Be Tech Companies?

Will New Home Builders Be Tech Companies?

Smart home features are becoming more and more common in U.S. households. While the needs of each home vary, residential tech automation can involve energy ...
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Could Gen Z Solve the Home Building Industry’s Skilled Labor Shortage?

Could Gen Z Solve the Home Building Industry’s Skilled Labor Shortage?

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 ...
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How is the Cost of Land Limiting New Home Builders

How is the Cost of Land Limiting New Home Builders?

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 ...
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Six-Figure New Home Buyers Entering the Market in 2019

Are Six-Figure New Home Buyers Entering the Market in 2019?

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. ...
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21st Century Building Expo & Conference 2019 (21CBEC)

The 21st Century Building Expo & Conference is the premier networking and educational event for the home building industry in the Southeast! Builders, developers, remodelers, ...
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2020’s Recession Anxiety Not Deterring Summer’s New Home Buyers

2020’s Recession Anxiety Not Deterring Summer’s New Home Buyers

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 ...
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Five Residential Construction Trends for 2024

A look at what’s changing, what is not, and how to prepare for both.