In a high-cost housing market, manufactured homes and vacant lots offer buyers an affordable alternative to single-family home purchases

Single-family housing starts are rising, but supply-chain delays are pushing back completions

The U.S. housing market needs to add approximately 6.5 million single-family homes to keep up with the breakneck pace of household formation

As a growing number of Americans move away from large metro areas in search of more space and greater housing affordability, single-family housing starts are slowing in the nation's densest counties

Housing supply is inching higher after reaching a record low during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that inventory boost, paired with a slight drop in mortgage rates, is motivating buyers to jump back into the for-sale market

Single-family production recorded a slow start to 2023, but home builders are optimistic about improved market conditions later in the year

Single-family building permits decreased in all four regions in November 2022, but multifamily permitting closed out the year with strong gains

An elevated share of new homes completed in 2021 involved a structure that had to be torn down and rebuilt

Single-family housing starts are declining, but a sharp rise in multifamily construction sent the total share of new housing starts to a record high in November