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Atlanta: Porches With Style
There are few elements of architecture as infused with Southern style as the porch. And not just a little covered entranceway: A true Southern porch has room for more than a few rockers, a table or...
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10 Surprisingly Hot Markets For Millennials
Many millennials like to be in the middle of the action, yet they’re not (necessarily) seeking excitement in big cities. Surprisingly, millennials are suburbanizing. Recent Census Bureau findings show...
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By 2060, The American South Could Be Three Times As Urbanized
Southern city planners and conservationists, look alive: New predictions map the future spread of urban sprawl in Dixie, and it is immense. Basing their model on past growth patterns and locations of...
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10 Best Cities For Millennials To Buy A Home
Typically, first-time buyers account for roughly 40% of all home sales; today they account for 28%, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. Yun thinks it...
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Are You Living In A Place That Makes Your Life Better?
It may seem obvious that factors like health, education, and public safety have a bearing on quality of life. But until recently, economists didn’t see it that way. When they judged where life was...
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Can Any Local Market Predict National Home-Price Trends?
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a local housing market that we could use as the nation’s crystal ball? If one market regularly ran ahead of the national trends, we could pay extra attention to...
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Affordable Housing Draws Middle Class To Inland Cities
Americans have never hesitated to pack up the U-Haul in search of the big time, a better job or just warmer weather. But these days, domestic migrants are increasingly driven by the quest for cheaper...
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Why Some States Are Building More Homes Than Others
While the pace of the housing recovery has slowed in 2014, the long-term trend continues to be positive. Total single-family and multifamily housing construction starts should end the year at just...
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Millennial Boomtowns: Where The Generation Is Clustering (It’s Not Downtown)
Much has been written about the supposed preference of millennials to live in hip urban settings where cars are not necessary. Surveys of best cities for millennials invariably feature places like New...
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10 Cities Beating National Housing Trends
Ten metros are standing out for strong price appreciation, housing inventory increases, and a rise in home sales that are far outpacing the more moderate gains in the national housing market,...
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The 25 Best Cities For Working Parents
Juggling a career and a family isn’t easy. Yet, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, a majority of parents in the U.S. today are attempting to do it. Approximately 88% of U.S. families with children...
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Hottest Homebuilding Markets Of 2014
Construction activity is a fundamental measure of local housing market health. That’s because homebuilding is both a signal of where builders are betting on future housing demand as well as a creator...
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America’s 15 Best Cities For Young Professionals
To find out which cities offer the best prospects for professionals aged 24 to 34 who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, Forbes analyzed the 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas, ranking them...
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Where Americans Are Moving
The Census has released new data on how many people moved between counties in the U.S. from 2008 to 2012. Trulia analyzed the data at both the county and metro level, combining it with data on home...
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Housing Markets With The Largest Increases In Asking Prices
Nationally, the month-over-month increase in asking home prices rose to 1.0% in August, up a bit from 0.7% in July. Asking prices rose 7.8% year-over-year, slower than one year ago, in August 2013,...
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Foodie Cities: Real Estate For The Restaurant Set
The foodie movement has reshaped residential real estate. Americans’ passion for both cooking and cuisine has spurred demand for kitchens with top-notch appliances, specialty prep areas and...
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Redfin Names The Top Neighborhoods For Highly-Ranked Schools
To find the best public schools for their children, parents need to do their homework. Fortunately, there are online resources to help them identify which public schools are top of the class, and...
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The 20 Best Cities For Job Seekers This Fall
A new survey by employment services firm Manpower Group found that employers in almost all 50 states expect to increase their staff levels next quarter, and most plan to finish the year on a more...
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Baby Boomtowns: The U.S. Cities Attracting The Most Families
With the U.S. economy reviving, birth rates may be as well: the number of children born rose in 2013 by 4,700, the first annual increase since 2007. At the same time new household formation, after...
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Why Everybody Is Moving To Texas
More Americans moved to Texas in recent years than any other state: A net gain of more than 387,000 in the latest Census for 2013. And Austin was the fastest growing major city. Jobs is the No. 1...
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