Housing Time Spent Searching for a Home Continues to Rise Of the 10% of American adults considering a home purchase in the first quarter of…Karen ZitoMay 6, 2020
Housing One Public School Child for Every Three Homes Public education accounts for almost 40% of local government direct expenditures per housing unit, based…Karen ZitoMay 5, 2020
Housing Minority Homeownership Rate Jumps in First Quarter Data released by the Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancies and Homeownership survey (CPS/HVS) show that the…Karen ZitoMay 4, 2020
Housing Affordability Expectations Show No Improvement among Home Buyers While home buyers report slightly more optimistic expectations for future housing availability (see earlier post)…Karen ZitoMay 4, 2020
Housing Private Residential Spending Rises in March NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending stood…Karen ZitoMay 1, 2020
Housing Absorption Rate for Apartments Remained Stable in Q3 2019 Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Market Absorption (SOMA) show that the absorption…Karen ZitoMay 1, 2020
Housing Personal Income Slides 2% in March The most recent data release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) showed that personal income fell…Karen ZitoApril 30, 2020
Housing Jobless Claims Reach 30 Million Over the Past Six Weeks The U.S. Department of Labor released the Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for the week ending April…Karen ZitoApril 30, 2020
Housing Builder Confidence in the 55+ Housing Market Drops Significantly in First Quarter on Coronavirus Pandemic Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market sank 30 points to 38 in the…Karen ZitoApril 30, 2020
Housing Share of Buyers Expecting Housing Availability to Improve Rises to Highest 1st Quarter Reading in Three Years According to the latest Housing Trends Report (HTR), the share of prospective home buyers expecting their…Karen ZitoApril 30, 2020