Affordable, Multi & Mixed Use

Milford, Connecticut - As construction budgets have blown up the past year and half we are releasing details on a new cost modeling and value-engineering investigatory report performed by AGGRECOST™ . The modeled construction project was a affordable multi-family housing project commissioned by CHFA (Connecticut Housing Finance Authority)…

Washington D.C.- Housing data is in giving us a look at some concerning characteristics as well as what has also been a prosperous past year for the real estate markets. We will dive into New Home Sales, Pending Home Sales, Case-Shiller Home Price Index, Housing Starts, Building Permits, Inflation, builders stonewalling on lumber, Affordable…

BREAKING: POWELL CONFIRMS AN INCREASE TO HOUSING SUPPLY CAN REVERSE HOUSING INFLATION AS WATERS PUSHES FOR INCREASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING "NOW!" The housing backlog of affordable homes continues to grow rapidly, Inflation data shocking... REPORTS ARE BEING COMPILED. PLEASE CHECK BACK SOON

New York, New York U.S.A- With the pandemic easing its way towards a hopeful end, New York City’s economic revival has revealed an unwelcoming realization for the construction industry. Recovery in regards to finance, employment, and projects, will prove to be as great in difficulty as during the Great Depression.             The construction…

ADA, OKLAHOMA— LegalShield today released its May Economic Stress Index, a collection of leading indicators of household and small business economic and financial health in the United States. Two of its subindices, the LegalShield Housing Construction and Housing Sales Indices, both increased for the third consecutive month to new…

Wild Fire Threats Hit High Alerts Today Signaling An Increased Threat To A Already Stressed Construction Logistics And Supply Chain. More Importantly It Poses A Price & Supply Threat To Lumber. United States Of America - Wildfire & drought alerts hit high levels today across BYLT systems and the the country as the United States…

  HB-6572 states that any town, city, or borough may require all buildings over 40,000 square feet that qualify as new construction or substantial renovation, to have an energy usage of at least ten percent per square foot less than the energy use allowed by the State Building Code.

"Bill 10" would give Maui the title of second most restrictive affordable-housing law in the country only behind the cities of Aquinnah in Massachusetts and Santa Paula and Oxnard in California, all of which have 100% affordable housing requirements.

US Housing Starts Highest Since 2006 US housing starts shot up 19.4% to 1.739 million in March. This is the highest level since June 2006 and well above analysts estimates of 1.613 million.The housing market has gained strength the last year due to low interest rates and increased population shift swaying from  cities due to the coronavirus…

US House Prices Rise for 8th Month in a Row: FHFA Early in the month of January 2021, the price of single-family houses with mortgages rose by 1.0% in the U.S. December of 2020 similarly experienced an upward rise of home cost by approximately 1.2%. The seasonally adjusted monthly house price ranged between -0.2% among the East South…

The US has a shortage of 6.8 million affordable housing units for extremely low-income renters, according to the 2021 Gap Report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). In the report, an extremely low-income household is one below the poverty line, or below 30% of the median area income. For every 100 renter households that meet…

During his visit to Pittsburgh on March 31, President Biden presented the American Jobs Plan, often referred to as the infrastructure plan. He had already discussed the general aspects during the March 25 press conference, but now the plan has been presented in greater detail, and the White House published a detailed fact sheet. The American…

President Biden held his first press conference on Thursday 25, announcing that the $3-trillion infrastructure plan will be unveiled next week during his visit to Pittsburgh. However, he hinted at what the plan will contain, and transportation infrastructure will have high priority, especially roads and bridges. Mr. Biden also mentioned plans to…

The US economy is recovering quicker than expected, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, but he believes there is still a long way to go. Unemployment is one of the main challenges, and there are 10 million jobs less than before the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to stimulate the US economy, the Federal Reserve decided to leave the…

The new JOLTS program experimentally estimates job openings, hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges among selected industries in the United States. The 2020 year has brought great financial uncertainty and economic fluctuations. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) program experimentally estimates job…