Zelman Insights

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last 30 years, investment in residential structures has accounted for approximately 4% of national gross domestic product (GDP). This component of GDP as defined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis covers new construction of single-family ...

Our proprietary survey of single-family rental owners and managers dispersed across the country suggested further fundamental improvement in May. Overall, single-family operators continued to experience strong renter demand and pricing power ...

Beginning in mid-2010, Fannie Mae began publishing a monthly survey of approximately 1,000 households, canvassing various perceptions related to the housing market and economy. One of the questions asked monthly is: “In general, do you think ...

Last week, ATTOM Data Solutions released its quarterly Home Flipping Report, meant to quantify homes that were purchased and sold within a 12-month period in an arms-length transaction. Historically, we believe that house flipping has carried ...