Builder / March 18, 2019 The future success of our industry depends on the collaboration of all the stakeholders – not only to clear paths to legislative and policy hurdles, but also to create meaningful product that is designed and engineered to be sustainable in terms of both high quality ...

John McManus / Builder / March 18, 2019 Adobe Stock Humanity’s first houses, evidence of which traces back 250,000 to a half-million years ago, were simple. They were structures, assembled of found materials into shelter, an envelope, if you will, protecting inhabitants from harm and disturbance of various kinds, ranging ...

Annual new home starts in 2018 were up 8.5% over 2017 numbers; annual closings were up 5.5% YoY. Quarterly new home starts were up 8.5% YoY, and quarterly closings were up 9.5% from 4Q17 levels. Builders continued their focus on delivering homes priced under $300K; this building activity poises the ...

Metrostudy’s Regional Director for the Philadelphia Region, Quita Syhapanya, presented at the Philadelphia REAL Professionals Mastermind Group’s March meeting. Quita provided insight into the economy and real estate market in the Philadelphia area. The meeting also included discussion into the area’s commercial real estate landscape.  

John McManus / Builder / March 11, 2019 Fifteen years can seem like a long time from now. That’s a lot of monthly sales per community to log in, many quarterly reports, and for many builders whose entire business viability can occasionally hang in the balance of closing on two ...

Ryan Meres / Architect / March 11, 2019 This story was originally published in Builder Construction costs enter the discussion during the development of all building codes. In recent years, the energy code has received particular scrutiny and criticism due to a series of substantial energy-efficient improvements from the 2006 to ...

2018 Annual New Home Starts Up 4% YoY The median price of a new home sold in 4Q18 was flat YoY: Builders are fighting for every sale, and competition from resales and other builders is preventing meaningful price increases, despite cost pressures and thin margins. Metrostudy has modest expectations for ...

Builder / March 4, 2019 A total of 2.07 million first-time home buyers purchased single-family homes in 2018, up less than 1% from 2017 but the most since 2006, according to a report out Thursday from Genworth Mortgage Insurance, an operating segment of Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW). Courtesy Adobe Stock/Monkey Business Images ...

Lauren Shanesy / Builder / March 4, 2019 Mark Boisclair If you’re looking to draw in buyers this year, start in the laundry room. According to the latest What Home Buyers Really Want (2019 edition) survey from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), laundry rooms and energy-saving features such as Energy ...

New Home Starts are down 11% from 2017 – even as closings are steady. Loudoun County remains the most active market area in Northern Virginia, with 31% of all activity in the region. Demand in Loudoun remains strong but it is more expensive and supply constrained. In Fairfax/Arlington, condo starts ...