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June 30, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Over the last 30 years, investment in residential structures has accounted for approximately 4% of national gross domestic product (GDP). This component of GDP as defined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis covers new construction of single-family ...
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macro housing
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 ...
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apartmentssingle-family rentalsurvey
June 16, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Beginning in mid-2010, Fannie Mae began publishing a monthly survey of approximately 1,000 households, canvassing various perceptions related to the housing market and economy. One of the questions asked monthly is: “In general, do you think ...
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home pricing
June 16, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Last week, ATTOM Data Solutions released its quarterly Home Flipping Report, meant to quantify homes that were purchased and sold within a 12-month period in an arms-length transaction. Historically, we believe that house flipping has carried ...
June 02, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
There are numerous home price measures that are provided by the government and private entities, both for free and at a charge, that offer market participants a general understanding of national pricing. Given a very high correlation across ...
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affordabilityentry-levelhome pricing
June 02, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Final birth statistics for 2016 have yet to be released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, but we utilized preliminary data to estimate the results. We recently raised the question of whether ...
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demographics
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 ...
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affordabilityhome pricinghomebuildingsurvey
May 19, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
The Census Bureau recently released data sourced from the Fertility Supplement to the Current Population Survey, which is an analysis conducted every other year about childlessness and children born to women by demographic characteristics such ...
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demographicsmillennials
May 19, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
We utilize a proprietary tracking of residential electric customers to supplement our views on household formation, which has proven critical to our overall housing thesis during periods of volatile government data. ...
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household formationhousing starts
May 05, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
According to the most-frequently cited measure of homeownership produced quarterly by the Census Bureau, the decade long slide in the national homeownership rate just ended. For 1Q17, 63.6% of households were owners versus renters, up 10 basis ...
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homeownership
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