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Ontario was sitting on roughly $10.5 billion in development charge (DC) reserves by the end of 2024, according to a recent report from Desjardins that argues municipalities have become overly accustomed to the fees as a source of revenue. More controversial still, DCs remain one of the most serious obstacles to new…
GTA new home sales aren't out of the woods yet — but the low-rise market is making a strong case for optimism. For the second consecutive month, single-family home sales in the Greater Toronto Area surpassed the 10-year average, buoyed by the enhanced HST rebate program introduced in April 2026. According to new…
Colliers Residential examines projected housing demand drivers and opportunities across Australia over the next decade.
Colliers' integrated developer guide examining feasibility, cost pressures, planning, and market trends affecting greenfield development in Victoria.
Colliers Engineering & Design report analyzing development costs per lot in Victoria based on real project data, market intelligence, and local planning conditions to support land acquisition and feasibility modeling.
Would-be sellers backed off, too, with new listings falling to their lowest level since the start of 2026. U.S. pending home sales fell 2.2% week over week during the four weeks ending July 12, the first decline in a month. Some house hunters backed off due to stubbornly high housing costs. The weekly average…
This is a report published by NAHB's Eye on Housing in July 2026 examining builder sentiment at the national level, with a focus on homebuilders and economic conditions, particularly regarding affordability concerns.
Traditionally, most homes for sale appear on all the major real estate portals the day they list. While this gives the home maximum visibility on day one, it also puts pressure on sellers to nail a one-shot listing—or risk making a bad first impression. But now many sellers also have a new option: a soft-launch,…
Housing market conditions are gradually moving away from the extreme tightness that defined the post-pandemic period. Although most estimates still indicate that the U.S. is structurally underbuilt by several million housing units, recent housing stock growth has outpaced population growth, lifting vacancy rates…
The Volunteer State is throwing its hat into the ring as a potential new home for Paramount as a legal battle rages over the company's $111B takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
The city's overhaul of permitting, plan review, and long-range planning offers practical lessons for municipalities seeking to speed housing and commercial development.
This is an economic update published by NAHB's Eye on Housing in July 2026 covering building material price trends on national markets, noting that material costs continued to increase despite declining energy prices.
Homebuyers can now view temperature, precipitation, snowfall, humidity and UV index information on all for-sale listings When you’re buying a home, it’s about more than bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage. You also want to know what everyday life will actually feel like—from snowy winters and rainy springs to…
22% of U.S. residents moving to a different state cited better weather as a factor in their move, the most commonly cited reason, per a new Redfin survey. Nearly as many people, 21%, are looking to move out of state due to concerns about climate change. Weather and climate concerns are more common reasons for […]…
Morgantown, WV, Syracuse, NY and Tuscaloosa, AL, lead U.S. college towns in home-price growth, all posting double-digit year-over-year climbs. The most expensive college towns—Santa Barbara, CA, Boca Raton, FL and Flagstaff, AZ—are seeing home prices fall. The least expensive college towns—Dayton, OH, Syracuse, NY…
This is a data-focused report published by the National Association of Home Builders in July 2026 presenting permitting figures for single-family residential construction through May 2026 at the national level. The report indicates that single-family permitting activity showed continued weakness during the measurement period.
Congress’ passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which became law this past weekend without President Trump’s signature, marks “one of the most significant federal housing reform efforts in decades, reflecting a bipartisan shift toward addressing the nation’s affordability problem,” Marcus & Millichap…
San Jose planners are advancing a once-in-four-years rewrite of the city’s growth blueprint that would open single-family neighborhoods to small apartment buildings and rezone a slice of Winchester Boulevard for eight-story towers, setting up an Aug. 18 City Council showdown between housing advocates who say it…
Takeaway: Rates will fall today after an unexpectedly soft CPI inflation reading that will keep the Fed from hiking at the July 29th meeting. Inflation data comes in much lower than forecasters expected. Overall headline inflation came in at -0.4% month-over-month (3.5% annual) in June due to energy price declines.…
Inflation slowed to 3.5% in June 2026 from 4.2% in May, driven primarily by a mid-June ceasefire agreement that stabilized oil markets and reduced energy prices, with gasoline prices falling 9.7% and the shelter index posting its smallest monthly increase since January 2021. The document notes that the relief was short-lived as the ceasefire collapsed in early July, pushing oil prices up 12% and renewing inflation concerns, while core CPI excluding food and energy rose 2.6% year-over-year in June.
There were almost half a million more home sellers than buyers in the U.S. in June, equal to 48.5% more. That means buyers hold the negotiating power. The number of homes listed for sale hit its highest level since 2020–but more buyers entered the market, too, which is why the seller-buyer gap didn’t change much…
Construction has begun at 51-02 Roosevelt Ave., a 19-story condominium rising at the border of Sunnyside. The development is led by Hiwin Group USA, whose previous work includes 300 W. 30th St. in Chelsea, a 16-story, 69-residence condo project that sold out in nine months. Scheduled for delivery in 2029, 51-02…
The share of new single-family homes with two or more stories declined from 52.5% in 2024 to 51.4% in 2025 according to Census Bureau data, while single-story homes rose from 47.5% to 48.6%. Regional variations showed the Midwest and South favoring single-story construction while the Northeast and West maintained higher shares of multi-story homes, with three-or-more-story homes comprising 5.2% of new homes nationally in 2025.
San Francisco home prices surge 22 percent as AI wealth drives bidding wars, with 44 homes selling $1 million over asking in June alone. The post AI Wealth Fuels Bidding Wars and Million-Dollar Premiums in San Francisco Housing appeared first on Propmodo .
The most significant federal housing legislation in decades became law at midnight without President Donald Trump's support. Trump canceled plans to sign the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on June 24 after it passed with support from broad, bipartisan...
Prices rose 2.2% year over year in June to a record high, mainly because of growing demand. Existing U.S. home sales ticked up to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.4 million, the highest level since 2022, and pending home sales reached their second-highest level since 2023. Wealthy Bay Area and South Florida…
Rocket has hired Jim Dalrymple as principal of industry relations, a role focused on building relationships with MLSs, trade associations, brokerage leaders and technology partners across the housing industry. As a homeownership platform connecting search, financing and servicing, Rocket and Redfin are investing in…
McKinsey’s Alex Wolkomir discusses how housing leaders can win with AI by improving customer experiences, redesigning workflows, and building trust between parties in the ecosystem.
According to NAHB analysis of the 2025 Survey of Construction, new single-family housing starts nationwide totaled 939,182 units, representing a 6.9% decline compared to 2024, with the South Atlantic division leading at 308,189 starts followed by West South Central at 171,247 starts. Only three of nine Census divisions posted year-over-year growth—East South Central rising 13.7%, East North Central up 8.0%, and Middle Atlantic up 4.0%—while the remaining six divisions declined, with New England experiencing the steepest drop at 26.3%.
A new Redfin analysis takes a look at how much Bay Area real estate OpenAI and Anthropic employees could hypothetically purchase with their IPO earnings, in the wake of two massively valuable AI companies filing confidentially to go public. OpenAI employees could buy 20% of all homes in San Francisco, or 15% of all…
Existing home sales fell 2.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million units in June 2026, pulled back by record-high home prices and elevated mortgage rates around 6.5%, though year-over-year sales were up 2.8%. The median existing home price reached an all-time high of $440,600 (up 1.8% annually), inventory stood at 4.6 months' supply, and first-time buyer share was 33% of transactions.
AFIRE Summit #19 examines whether migration patterns from coastal to Sunbelt regions are meaningfully constrained by NIMBYism and local zoning policies affecting housing supply.
Analysis of second-quarter market conditions covering housing affordability challenges, capital market tightness, and legislative developments affecting commercial real estate.
Interview or commentary featuring LGI Homes leadership discussing company strategy, market positioning, and approaches to housing affordability in the current environment.
In the second quarter of 2026, the NAHB Remodeling Market Index posted a reading of 61, down one point from the previous quarter, with the Current Conditions Index averaging 70 and the Future Indicators Index averaging 52. Remodelers reported strong sentiment supported by homeowners' record real estate asset gains and mortgage rate incentives to remodel rather than purchase, though 74% of remodelers noted suppliers increased material prices by an average of 6.7% since March due to higher fuel costs and economic uncertainty.
Pending home sales ticked up as housing payments temporarily dipped down. U.S. pending home sales rose 1.3% from a week earlier to their highest level since the first half of May during the four weeks ending July 5. This data is seasonally adjusted. Homebuying demand picked up partly because of temporarily…
Zillow research examines residential market dynamics during the spring home shopping season, analyzing trends in sales activity and new housing inventory.
July 2026 Housing commentary focuses too heavily on First Home Buyers and Investors. This is because they are easy to measure and politically visible. Charter Keck Cramer research shows that the more important cohort is the Next Time Buyer. These are existing homeowners who re-enter the market to move, resize,…
Mortgage applications remained essentially flat in June 2026 with a 0.3% month-over-month decline, driven by a 2.5% drop in refinancing applications that offset a 0.7% gain in purchase applications, while the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average contract rate increased 5 basis points to 6.59%. Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) applications declined 9.4% during the month, reducing the ARM share of total applications to 8.2%, and the overall average loan size decreased 3.4% to $393,800.
The number of major metros where you can buy a luxury home for less than $1 million is down five from eight last year. Detroit is the most affordable metro for luxury homes, with a median price of $719,252—47.7% less than the typical luxury home nationwide, $1,374,470. San Francisco is the most expensive, with a…
In 2025, approximately 47,000 homes were built in age-restricted communities representing 3.45% of all housing starts, with roughly two-thirds being single-family units and one-third multifamily units. Age-restricted single-family homes carried a median sales price of $523,000—about 27% higher than non-age-restricted homes at $412,000—despite being only slightly larger at 2,500 square feet versus 2,100 square feet, with the price premium partly attributable to more expensive lot values.
Analysis of pending home sales trends spanning the low-rate environment of 2020–2021 through the subsequent rate-driven decline and recovery period.
Analysis of baby boomer participation in residential real estate, showing ages 61–79 represent 42% of buyers and 55% of sellers in the current market.
Analysis of seasonal sales patterns, inventory levels, and buyer behavior during July, examining the impact of weather, daylight, and school-year timing on residential real estate activity.
This week the Radius+ team took a closer look at the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC CBSA. Augusta continues to grow as part of the broader Sunbelt expansion. The market saw significant supply growth in 2021 and 2022, followed by more moderate additions in 2023. New homes and steady migration have allowed the market…
West Palm Beach, FL, where the typical luxury home costs 8.9 times more than the typical non luxury home, has the nation’s biggest luxury home price premium. Next comes Miami, with a median luxury-to-non luxury home price ratio of 8.8, and New York City, where the typical luxury home costs 5.5 times the typical non…
Residential construction employment declined by 48,800 jobs over the preceding 12 months, marking the fifteenth consecutive annual decline and the longest stretch since the Great Recession, while location quotient analysis of December 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals that home building employment concentration is substantially higher in rural and smaller-market counties than in large metropolitan cores, with non-metro/micro counties averaging a location quotient of 1.48 and nearly three-quarters of Western state counties exceeding the national employment share.
Morningstar DBRS released quarterly Canadian Housing Market Indicators providing updated data on residential market conditions.
Morningstar DBRS releases quarterly housing market indicators tracking Canadian residential market conditions and trends.
The top ten builders' market share of new U.S. single-family home closings declined to 43.6% in 2025 from 44.8% in 2024, representing 295,959 closings out of 679,083 total new single-family homes sold, according to BUILDER magazine data cited by the National Association of Home Builders. D.R. Horton remained the largest builder with 12.8% market share (87,168 closings), while Lennar increased its share to a series-high 12.2%, narrowing the gap to just 0.6 percentage points between the top two builders.
Moody's CRE Analytics report analyzing housing affordability trends and conditions in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.49% in June 2026, up 8 basis points from May and 44 basis points since late February, while the 15-year rate averaged 5.82%, driven by market pricing of potential Federal Reserve rate hikes due to persistent inflation and a resilient labor market. The 10-year Treasury yield averaged 4.48% in June but eased later in the month to around 4.44% following a preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement that temporarily reopened the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping.
A state-by-state assessment of housing affordability and homebuilding performance across the United States.
Oxford Economics research briefing analyzing household income requirements to afford single-family homes across major U.S. metropolitan areas.
The U.S. labor market added 57,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in June 2026, the smallest gain since February, with downward revisions of 74,000 jobs to April and May reports indicating weaker underlying hiring momentum than initially reported. Residential construction employment declined 8,600 jobs in June and has shed 48,800 jobs over the past 12 months, marking the sixteenth consecutive month of annual decline, while the construction unemployment rate rose to 6.2%, the highest level since July 2021.
Analysis examining the structural relationship between housing supply constraints and affordability across different price segments in the U.S. residential market.
The median U.S. housing payment posted its first year-over-year increase since October during the four weeks ending June 28 as home prices and mortgage rates rose. Pending home sales crept up 0.4% week over week. We’re taking a break from analysis this week, but please see the tables and charts below for this…
Research exploring the motivations and barriers affecting move-up homebuyers and strategies to encourage their participation in the market.
John Burns Research and Consulting examines the factors deterring homebuyer activity in the current market environment.
Analysis of demographic and consumer trends affecting US housing demand and market dynamics.