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After several false starts, there is reason to believe that 2012 will mark the beginning of a true housing market recovery, according to the newly released 2012 State of the Nation’s Housing...
Twenty-eight metropolitan areas joined the NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index, which lists U.S. housing markets showing sustained growth, in the month of June.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that more than 20,000 homes across the United States have earned certification through the LEED for Homes program.
Economists from California-based data provider CoreLogic provided new evidence in its June MarketPulse report that severe price declines are keeping home sellers out of the market, the Wall Street...
Fresno, Calif., and Camden, N.J., were among the top 10 housing markets for first-time home buyers in 2011, according to a new report from Inman News. See which other markets made the list.
A new report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis offers a state-by-state breakdown of real gross domestic product last year. North Dakota saw the largest GDP gain in 2011, up 7.6 percent,...
The Center for Neighborhood Technology released new data from a study comparing transportation costs in different neighborhoods of 20 U.S. metros.
Home prices increased for the second straight month in April, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index, rising 2.6 percent excluding distressed sales.
Asking prices on for-sale homes flattened out from April to May, according to Trulia Price Monitor data released today, but they sat 1.6 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2012.
BuilderBooks, the publishing arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), recently released the third edition of its Jobsite Safety Handbook, which explains what builders can do to...
Home prices dropped year-over-year in 13 of the 20 metropolitan areas analyzed by the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, as indicated in the latest release of the index on Tuesday.
The latest release of the quarterly Case-Shiller Home Price Index reveals that seven of the 20 metropolitan areas surveyed saw higher home prices than in the first quarter of 2011, offering hope...
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) from the National Association of Realtors recorded a mark of 95.5 in April, a 14.4 percent increase from the same time last year.
Following yesterday's upbeat existing-home sales report, today's new-home sales data offers more positive news for the housing market. Sales of new single-family houses in April 2012 were at a...
April existing home sales were up 10 percent from a year ago and prices saw their biggest increase in 6 years.
A 0.7 percent increase in median home prices in 146 metropolitan areas in April brought them to their highest point in almost a year, according to a report from the National Association of...
Housing starts in April were nearly 30 percent higher than the year before, with 717,000 new homes beginning construction (seasonally adjusted annual rate), according to data released today by the...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes gained five points in May from a downwardly revised reading in the previous month to reach a level of 29 on the NAHB/Wells...
BuildFax Remodeling Index shows double-digit gains from 2011
Detroit saw the lowest levels of new home construction activity in 2011, according to a recent analysis by Trulia.
