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Conditions will further normalize this year, which will help some of the harder-hit states see above-average gains as employment returns off its current low base. As oil prices spiraled downward in early 2020, the top oil-producing states saw their mining sectors completely unravel. ...

Our initial estimate of the overall market capitalization of the U.S. new home market for December 2021 is $26.14 billion. That figure is 13.2% below the December 2020 peak of $30.12 billion. For December 2021, the number of new home sales rose slightly from the previous month, breaki...

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...

The goal of the DDM is to quickly and easily utilize available resources of an asset to understand what the intrinsic value of that asset is based on certain market and company expectations. If the required return component of the equation rises without expectations of higher company ...

The index for construction costs of single-family houses spiked 15.3% in November compared to a year ago, the worst year-over-year spike in the data going back to 1970, and by 21.1% compared to November two years ago. There is enough demand to allow builders to pass on cost increases ...

New home sales surged in the second half of 2020 but then slowed sharply in the first half of 2021. Despite the jump in sales, the total inventory of new single-family homes for sale rose 2.6 percent to 402,000 in November, the highest level since August 2008. Record-high prices a...

Sales of existing homes of all types in November ticked up from October but fell 2% from November last year, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.46 million homes, the fourth month in a row of year-over-year declines amid tight supply. The median price of single-family houses, at...

Sales of existing homes increased 1.9 percent in November, to a 6.46 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. But sales are still down 2.0 percent from a year ago. Total inventory of existing homes for sale fell in November, declining 9.8 percent to 1.11 million, leaving the months&#x...

Both home prices and apartment rents are rising much faster than overall inflation. Yet, America’s population is growing at a snail’s pace. Housing demand is mostly proportional to population growth. The level of population is much less important than the growth rate. ...

The real estate market has done well this year as supply shortfalls and a demand surge sparked sharply higher prices. As with most industries, the pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions have caused a variety of issues in the construction industry, in ways that may leave a long-last...