After real estate downturn to end 2022, positivity on horizon for 2023
November 2022 unit sales of single-family homes were down 29.5% compared to November 2021, but not unexpected with the yearlong rise in home mortgage...
Greater Iowa City Area HBA announces 2023 leadership
The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association (HBA) has announced its 2023 board of directors.
Board members include president Kevin McCreedy of McCreedy-Ruth Construction,...
NAHB: More than 200,000 construction jobs added in past year
Year over year, construction sector jobs in the United States increased by 248,000 in the year ending in November 2022, a 3.3% increase compared...
Neumann Monson’s Griffith named Iowa Architectural Foundation board chair
The Iowa Architectural Foundation's (IAF) Board of Trustees elected its 2023 slate of officers at its December board meeting.
Nathan Griffith, AIA, of Neumann Monson...
NAR forecasts 4.78 million existing-home sales, stable prices in 2023
Lawrence Yun, chief economist and senior vice president of research for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), forecasts that 4.78 million existing homes will...
NAHB report: Builder confidence declined every month in 2022
High mortgage rates, elevated construction costs running well above the inflation rate, and flagging consumer demand due to deteriorating affordability conditions have dragged builder...
Iowa City Public Works named in Dezeen’s top 10 US architecture projects
Dezeen, an architecture and design magazine, named Iowa City’s Public Works building in its top 10 architecture projects in the U.S. in 2022.
The headquarters...