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LIRA a Home Improvement Resource with Limitations Worth Recognizing

September 08, 2017 by Zelman & Associates

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS) is a widely-respected research center that contributes various thoughtful analyses around the housing market and demographics. In 2007, the organization introduced The Leading ...

A Sign of Discretionary Home Improvement Projects Gaining Steam

August 25, 2017 by Zelman & Associates

Over the last four years, our national home improvement proxy index has increased 6.0% annually, holding in a relatively tight range of 5.8-6.2%. To frame how dramatically the market has shifted from the depths of the recession, our index was ...

Consumer Intentions Contradict “Bad Time to Buy” Sentiment: Which to Trust?

August 11, 2017 by Zelman & Associates

Earlier this week, Fannie Mae released the results of its monthly consumer survey focused on housing-related consumer sentiment. According to the July feedback, “the net share of Americans who say it is a good time to buy a home fell 7 percentage ...

Single-Family Rentals Emerging from Apartment Shadows

June 30, 2017 by Zelman & Associates

Our proprietary survey of single-family rental owners and managers dispersed across the country suggested further fundamental improvement in May. Overall, single-family operators continued to experience strong renter demand and pricing power ...

Are New Home Prices Rising Too Quickly?

May 19, 2017 by Zelman & Associates

According to our monthly private homebuilding survey that canvasses approximately 15% of the national production market, new orders increased 14% year over year in April, the lowest rate of growth since October and below the ...

Single-Family Rent Growth Has Overtaken Apartments After Historically Lagging

May 05, 2017 by Zelman & Associates

In 2016, we estimate that there were roughly 44 million single-family and multi-family rental homes across the country, accounting for approximately 35% of total households. To track the professionally-managed portion of each market, Zelman ...

Multi-Family New Construction Pipeline Running at Highest Level Since 1974

January 13, 2017 by Zelman & Associates

Our monthly survey of apartment owners and managers canvasses 1.6 million apartment units, nearly four times the size of the public apartment REITs. Our survey is nationally representative, covering both urban and suburban locations and various ...

Public Single-Family REITs, a Real Business Here to Stay

November 18, 2016 by Zelman & Associates

Over the last two weeks, the public single-family REITs reported third quarter earnings. Including American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Colony Starwood Homes (SFR), Silver Bay Realty Trust (SBY) and Tricon American Homes (TAH), the companies own approximately ...

Ends of Income Spectrum Shaping Current Story of Existing Home Sales

September 23, 2016 by Zelman & Associates

Each month as part of our private homebuilder survey, we ask our contacts to rate new home demand by price point on a 0-100 scale. In August, the entry-level segment was rated at 67.3, representing the strongest of the five price points for ...

What to Make of Strong New Home Sales and Weak Existing Home Sales?

August 26, 2016 by Zelman & Associates

For many looking from afar, the release of new and existing home sales in July was likely a bit puzzling. Seasonally-adjusted new home sales, according to the Census Bureau, posted a recovery high and were up 31% year over year. Meanwhile, ...