Industry News Construction Career Exploration Moves Online Home builders associations are teaming with members and their local school systems to keep construction…Karen ZitoMay 22, 2020
Housing New Single-Family Home Size Declines Ending? New single-family home size has trended lower over the last four years as builders sought…Karen ZitoMay 22, 2020
Industry News FHFA Releases New Capital Rule for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today re-proposed a 2018 plan to establish a new…Karen ZitoMay 22, 2020
Housing Existing Home Sales See Largest Drop in Nearly 10 Years Existing home sales, as reported by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), fell for the second straight…Karen ZitoMay 21, 2020
Housing Jobless Claims Pace Declines The U.S. Department of Labor released the Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report. In the week ending May…Karen ZitoMay 21, 2020
Housing Multifamily Builder and Developer Confidence Falls in First Quarter on COVID-19 Pandemic Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing weakened significantly in the first quarter of…Karen ZitoMay 21, 2020
Housing Broad Declines for Housing Starts in April As indicated by the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), housing starts retreated in April…Karen ZitoMay 19, 2020
Industry News EPA Wants to Know What Customers Think About WaterSense-Labeled Products The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced its decision via a Federal Register notice to maintain…Karen ZitoMay 18, 2020
Industry News More than 600,000 Construction Layoffs in March The number of job losses in the construction sector more than tripled between February and…Karen ZitoMay 18, 2020
Industry News Builder Confidence Posts Solid Gain Following Last Month’s Historic Drop In a signal that the housing market is showing signs of stabilizing and gradually moving…Karen ZitoMay 18, 2020