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The 100 largest home builders in the US now account for about half of all new single-family home sales, up from just over a third two decades ago. However, according to “…

Although still fragmented, the homebuilding industry has undergone changes in recent years that have increased the share of production by larger builders. The top 100…

Children experience many changes in their households while they are growing up. But while we often think about divorcing and remarrying parents as common changes in household…

The bulk of repairs to homes damaged by this year’s record-setting disasters will not be done until 2019 or 2020, according to our analysis of post-disaster spending between…

Foreclosures have negative effects not only for the people who lose their homes, but also for the neighborhoods where they lived. In an article that recently appeared in…

Recent research suggests that foreclosures have negative effects on homeowners and neighborhoods. We examine the association between concentrated foreclosure activity and the…

The magnitude of the housing bust that began in the middle of the past decade is well documented, with a 75 percent plunge in housing starts, 45 percent decline in existing…

W06-6: In 1994, the U.S. White House convened various stakeholders to establish a set of “National Construction Goals” recognizing that the residential building industry…

W06-2: Over the past 15 years, builder consolidation has dramatically changed the home building industry. In addition to improved financial performance, the adoption of…

W04-3: The past several years have seen dramatic changes in the distribution of residential building products, particularly as it relates to dealers serving homebuilders…