I got to sit down with Justin Fink, a senior editor at Fine Homebuilding, to talk about my forthcoming book, “The New New Home.”
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The Federal Reserve Board’s decision to end “quantitative easing” may lead to higher new home prices. If incomes don’t rise, it could even create a second housing bubble, according to a report by Sandler O’Neill + Partners, an investment banking firm based in New York. The report notes that home…
A panel of three prominent executives in the home building industry emphasized the need to continue innovating even as the housing recovery continues.
Utah’s Garbett Homes had so much success selling entry-level contemporary homes that executives decided to introduce a new series of move-up moderns, including a net-zero version selling in the $500,000s. The new series, called Bellasol and selling in Herriman, Utah, ranges from 2,000 to 3,100 square feet. Like Garbett’s previous…
In a potential harbinger of things to come, new home price increases slowed in the second half of last year as mortgage interest rates rose. Housing economists expect mortgage rates to rise for at least the next two years as the Federal Reserve reduces its bond buying. The average rate…
Housing starts dropped sharply in December as builders lost a little confidence in the housing recovery, even as the housing market finished with its best yearly total since the housing boom, according to Commerce Department statistics. Housing starts fell 9.8 percent in December to an adjusted annual pace of 999,000….
My forthcoming book, “The New, New Home,” is now available for presale on several websites, including Amazon.com. The book, published by The Taunton Press, provides guidance to potential home buyers who want to buy a new home that not only fits their lifestyle, but has the best shot at appreciating in value.
Boyce Thompson is a writer and editor who has spent more than 30 years covering the housing market.
