Year-to-Date Price Growth of Building Materials is Slowest in Years
…Statistics. Building materials prices have declined an average of 0.1% per month over the last 12 months, and the price of goods used in residential construction has risen 1.7% in…
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Contrasting Built-for-Rent and For-Sale New Single-Family Homes
…between for-sale and new single-family homes built-for-rent (SFBFR): SFBFR are typically smaller with fewer bedrooms and bathrooms. SFBFR are more likely to be a single-story building. SFBFR are seven times…
The Effect of Affordable Housing on the Surrounding Neighborhood
…the basic findings were that building LIHTC housing increases surrounding property values and reduces crime rates. In high-opportunity neighborhoods, LIHTC housing has no effect on crime rates, either positive or…
Housing and the Agriculture Industry in the Midwest
Housing markets in the Midwest have experienced weakness in recent quarters. For example, single-family permits posted a 3.6% decline in year-to-date data when comparing December 2018 level with December 2017…
How Tariffs and Tariff Announcements are Affecting Building Materials Imports from China
…the 2011-2017 period occurred in April and December 2018. Although the 2018 study on building materials imports focused on List 3, some goods used in residential construction were affected by…
Bedrooms, Kitchens Consume Copious Space in New Homes
…percent of the finished floor space irrespective of house size. In small homes, the kitchen accounts for a somewhat greater share of the finished floor space (12.7 percent vs. 10.5…
What Do Vacancy Rates Tell Us about the Shortage of Housing?
Vacancy rates are one of the key statistics NAHB Economics tracks to judge the health and direction of the housing market. The currently low homeowner and rental vacancy rates are…