Los Angeles is the least affordable metro area for baby boomers to buy homes while Dayton, Ohio is the most affordable. BUILDER associate editor Lindsay Machak talked with Zillow's Svenja Gudell about the data. More
What do you look for when finding a place to settle down and raise a family? A 2014 study based on seven metrics (median income, cost of living, housing affordability, commuting delays, percentage of families owning a home, crime rate, and education quality) highlights the U.S. cities that are best for raising a family with young children. Check out Builder's interactive map for a breakdown of various metrics for each of the top 10 cities. More
Temporary “man camps” and rental apartments are springing up in markets near oil fields in Texas and North Dakota. More
The metro areas of Indianapolis-Carmel and Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa., tied for the nation's top major affordable U.S. housing market in 2007's first quarter according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index. Indianapolis is at the top of the U.S. metro markets with populations above 500,000 for the seventh quarter in a row. Both top metro markets are in the Midwest as are 14 others out of the top 20 metro markets with populations above and below 500,000. Of the least affordable markets, California claims 17 of the 20 metro markets with populations above and below 500,000. More
- The age-50-plus housing market is transforming the way builders design and develop active adult homes. - Households headed by Gen Xers and members of the “echo boom” (those born after 1979) purchased 55 percent of all newly built homes sold in 2003. - The metropolitan area comprising Youngstown, Warren, and Boardman, Ohio was the nation's most affordable major housing market in the first quarter of 2005. More
