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Fewer Custom Homes Built in 2023
Custom home building pulls back, but could positivity be on the horizon?
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What Features Do Homeowners Want in a New Home?
From kitchen amenities to patios, data collected from the Survey of Construction show homes are being built with these trends in mind
Custom Builder
How Can Custom Builders Respond to the Current Market?
How can custom builders capture clients today? The Farnsworth Group President Grant Farnsworth shares insights into what custom builders can do
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Do Homeowners Really Use the Inflation Reduction Act?
The first IRA report by the Treasury Department reveals who and what has benefitted from energy efficient tax incentives
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8 markets where buying is cheaper than renting
Home prices have dropped so dramatically and demand for rental units has increased so much that it's now cheaper to buy a two-bedroom home than to rent one in most major U.S. cities.
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Home listings decline in July
The number of homes listed for sale continued to decline in July, falling by 1.2 percent from June and nearly 18 percent from one year ago.
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Housing market index holds steady in August
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) held steady August at 15, the same level as in July.
Government
Obama looks to preserve role of government in mortgage market
President Obama has directed a small team of advisers to develop a proposal that would keep the government playing a major role in the nation’s mortgage market, extending a federal loan subsidy for most home buyers, according to the Washington Post.
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Western rental markets to boom
According to John Burns Real Estate Consulting, there will be solid rent growth in the United States over the next five years.
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RealtyTrac indicates foreclosures in July were down 4% from previous month
Last Friday, RealtyTrac released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for July 2011, which shows foreclosure filings were reported on 212,764 U.S. properties in July, a 4 percent decrease from June.
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LGI Homes report high July residential closings
July was a record-breaking month for residential closings for LGI Homes.
Leadership
First documented 'All-American' home being built in Montana
A Bozeman, Mont., builder is constructing a home that is nearly 100-percent American-made — even its plastic sewer caps and underground copper connectors are made in the U.S.
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Morgan Stanley: buying in bulk could ease U.S. housing crisis
Encouraging investors to buy foreclosed homes in bulk would help shrink the U.S. housing surplus, stabilize property prices and provide affordable rentals, Morgan Stanley housing analysts said in a report.
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Housing market recovery still on hold
Housing market drivers worsened over the last quarter in line with the slowdown in economic growth, but household net worth rose.