Hooray, more single-family homes on the way



Home builders have answered the call to provide more single-family homes in the last month, with production rising by 8.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 783,000 units

Redfin reveals huge disparity in U.S. energy costs



Energy bills can add more than 40 percent to annual housing costs in several Rust Belt metros including Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Rochester and Buffalo, NY

What Are the Advantages of Hiring a Luxury Home Builder?



Who wouldn’t like a home with all the modern facilities and amenities? If you are determined to leave mediocrity and live in such a place, then pick off the catalog/shelf home is not for you. That is because a developer who you have not known has very less chances of building a home that impresses […]

USDA highlights lack of affordable, rural homes for rent



The National Rural Housing Coalition has brought to attention the lack of affordable rental options in rural areas of the country, particularly for those with low incomes.

Avoid Losing an Already Approved Mortgage



You’ve spent hours and hours looking at potential investment houses or even for your primary residence. You’ve found the perfect property and had your offer accepted. Submitting the required paperwork for the mortgage seems to have included documenting when you first started putting coins in a piggy bank as a child.

Seattle Becomes Number 1 Investment Choice for Chinese Investors



An alternative title for this article might be “Do High Real Estate Taxes Pay?” Vancouver British Columbia is a Canadian gateway city to the Far East where many real estate investors have been taking advantage of secure investment opportunities in foreign countries.

Report: Global housing prices are rising through the roof



If you thought U.S. homes were overpriced, it’s nothing compared to China

Bad news for renters on the west coast: Big increases to come next year, Zillow warns



Rents in the West’s tech job centers are predicted to be among some of the fastest growing across the nation over the next year, according to the latest Zillow Rent Forecast for August 2016 to August 2017

CoreLogic says distressed sales hit lowest level since Sept. 2007



CoreLogic has just published its latest report on distressed home sales, which fell by 2.2 percent in June compared to the same period one year ago

The impact of better-educated immigrants on housing



A new report in Bloomberg highlights one of the less noticeable, but most significant factors that’s impacting the current shortage of cheap labor, and indirectly, also affecting the shortage of affordable housing