July 28, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Last week, Amazon announced an agreement with Sears to begin selling the Kenmore brand of appliances through its website, starting with air conditioners and expanding to a full-line of home appliances at a later date. ...
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home improvement
July 28, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Last week, Pew Research Center published a short analysis titled “More U.S. households are renting than at any point in 50 years”, which caught numerous media headlines and fed the rhetoric among those that believe the homeownership rate and ...
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homeownership
July 14, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
In her testimony to the House Financial Services Committee earlier this week, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen noted that “the [Federal Open Market Committee] will be monitoring inflation developments closely in the months ahead.” The cautionary ...
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macro housing
July 14, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
There are various price indices that track existing home trends with sophisticated algorithms that rely on repeat sales transactions to produce high-quality datasets, including CoreLogic, Case-Shiller, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and ...
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affordabilityhome pricingnew home sales
July 14, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
As we have reported previously, there are approximately 16 million single-family rental homes across the country, accounting for almost 35% of all rental properties and clearly standing as a critical component of the housing supply chain. Looking ...
July 14, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Having the responsibility of consistently predicting the future in a public forum is not for the faint of heart. Thus, we do not envy economists that are forced to opine on such far-reaching themes as energy, international trade, the consumer ...
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macro housing
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