BUILDER Young adults' 'wait-and-then-hurry-up" stage of household formation, family formation, and housing preference behavior is revving up. By John McManus Next year won't be housing's emancipating rebound we may have hoped for, but it's also more than likely not going to be a stretch we'll have reason to fear. For glass-half-empty types, 2017 housing measures will [...]
Zillow Group • October 5 ••• Get your home ready for cooler weather while it's still nice outside. The days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting cooler. The kids are trudging off to school again with their backpacks and light jackets, and leaves are starting to fall from the trees. Yep, it’s official: Fall is here. Now [...]
BUILDER Most organizational performance issues--and inter-organizational ones--may actually be trust issues in disguise. By John McManus They're three of the best words anybody can put together, whether they're spoken out loud or not. "I believe you." In our business, too, where, quite normally, it takes a village of manufacturers, distributors, land sellers, land buyers, developers, local [...]
Builder A panel of experts at HIVE agrees that millennials will eventually buy and home ownership will rise. By Les Shaver Dowell Myers Millennials won’t just solve entry-level housing woes. At the HIVE Conference in Los Angeles, Dowell Myers, a professor of policy, planning, and demography in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at USC, [...]
Each is compatible with Apple’s Home app, new to iOS 10 BY DANIEL SCHEFFLER SEP 30, 2016, 1:20P Illustrations by Sunny Eckerle Your home is talking. With the release of iOS 10 earlier this month, Apple is finally pulling the curtain back on its new Home app, and, as is the vogue in the smart home [...]
Written by Tim Sistrunk on September 21, 2016 Image via iStock Fall is just around the corner, and not long after that winter will follow. This means that now is the time to start thinking about how you can prepare your home for what’s heading your way. For new homebuyers spending their first fall and winter in [...]
Amazon Alexa and GE Appliances collaboration enables hands-free appliance operation via voice control. By Jennifer Goodman Homeowners can now preheat their ovens, find out when their dishes will be clean, or learn if their clothes are dry without lifting a finger. Utilizing Amazon Echo's voice connectivity Alexa system, GE Appliance owners can use and control their [...]
Shutterstock By SALLYFRENCH SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR & DRONE REPORTER A $6,400 toilet with motion-activated seat. An $11,000 smart bed that automatically adjusts to your sleep positions and habits. These are just a few of the appliances that make up the modern “home of 2016,” at least according to the site Futurism, which says we are “well [...]
HMI lands at highest level in almost a year. By Hanley Wood Data Studio The home builder association's index of builder confidence moved up by six percentage points in September to a reading of 65, the highest it has been since last October, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) [...]
And the three fads to forget. By Lauren Shanesy Paul Dyer Open and dynamic kitchens that seamlessly blend with the rest of the home are at the top of home owners' wish lists for 2016, according to the latest Zillow Digs Home Trend forecast, released today. The analysis of popular photos on the real estate listing [...]
