New and existing housing activity experienced healthy year-over-year growth in July, yet the pace of growth has slowed in recent months, indicating that the market is stabilizing. This time last year, housing activity showed the first signs of growth following the initial shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. While housing activity has continued its upward trajectory …
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Housing activity grew across all major indicators in June. However, the rate of growth has slowed from the prior month. Single-family housing authorizations increased 20.95% year over year, but decreased month over month for a third consecutive month, down 2.99%. Existing housing activity also increased year over year but growth decelerated from May, potentially driven …
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In May, single-family housing authorizations grew 25.88% year over year. However, housing starts have lagged permit volumes, which has slowed growing the housing stock. Prolonged inventory shortages and sky-high home prices have pushed homebuyer sentiment to record lows. Meanwhile, remodeling activity grew across most major metros, with Philadelphia and Chicago experiencing the most substantial growth …
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The November BuildFax Housing Health Report (BHHR) revealed a substantial increase in year-over-year single-family housing authorizations at 7.09% after the indicator declined for much of 2019. Additionally, after reaching a peak in September, the probability of a recession is now declining again. Maintenance and remodeling activity also increased this month. This could have been propelled …
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For almost seven months, the housing market has been slowing across new and existing construction activity, including new home building, large-scale remodels and general home maintenance projects. The June BuildFax Housing Health Report (BHHR) revealed, however, that even as demand for construction slows, spend is still rising, propelled by 2019 economic conditions. New and Existing …
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Remodeling spend will not keep pace with its steep 2018 increases in 29 of 49 major metros across the U.S., according to a new report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), a Harvard University initiative that researches housing issues relevant to public policy. The JCHS report leverages a modeling tool, which forecasts residential …
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The May BuildFax Housing Health Report (BHHR) revealed that even as economic pressures are easing on a national level, for instance moderating home prices and declining mortgage rates, the housing market is still in a slump. Year over year, single-family housing authorizations, maintenance and remodeling are down. However, BuildFax found that increases in city-level remodeling …
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More and more people moved out of typically high-demand states in favor of up-and-coming regions last year, according to the 2018 U.S. Migration Report by northAmerican Moving Services. This allows carriers a prime marketing opportunity to expand their book of business into new areas. The report found that last year, Illinois, California and New Jersey …
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Real estate investors have identified a strong duality within the industry. U.S. real estate has the potential to be one of the most valuable assets on the market, however, as far as tech-savvy investing goes, it’s also a particularly antiquated market. Our very own Chris Schaum spoke to this contrast at BattleFin, a conference that …
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January catastrophe reinsurance renewals are in the books. In aggregate, reinsurance renewal outcomes were stable across the U.S. However, as BuildFax predicted a few months ago, catastrophe reinsurance renewals were disproportionally impacted by loss-hit accounts. A recent report from Willis Re found that carriers without catastrophe losses left these discussions with renewal rates that ranged …
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