Tag: real estate
Builders urge Congress to ease housing affordability crisis
More than 700 builders, remodelers and associates engaged in all facets of residential construction marched on Capitol Hill on June 7 to call on...
Low existing home inventory fuels buyers interest in new homes
More Americans are turning to new home construction as existing inventory remains low and mortgage rates begin to stabilize, the National Association of Home...
NAHB: Home construction stabilizing, inflation improving
Economic data suggests single-family home construction is stabilizing after declines in 2022 while inflation improves.
These incoming trends set an environment where homebuilding will realize...
Builder confidence in housing market increases for fifth month
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose across the country in the past three months, including by two points in...
Skogman Commercial announces record year, new agent certification
Skogman Commercial exceeded $500 million in closed transaction volume across all its markets in 2022 for the first time in company history, according to...
CR nonprofits host Homeowner Resources Workshop
Cedar Rapids residents will learn the basics of home buying and discover resources for down payments, closing costs and home maintenance at the Cedar...
Report: Iowa ranks eighth cheapest state to buy single family home
It is cheaper to purchase a house in Iowa than to build a new one, according to a new report from StorageCafe.Â
The report shows...
NAHB: Over half of home’s sales price goes to construction costs
The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) latest Cost of Construction Survey revealed 60.8% of the average home sales price consisted of construction costs...
U.S., Eastern Iowa housing prices show year over year growth
Home prices rose 8.4% from the fourth quarter of 2021 to the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA)...