According to the AIA's quarterly trends survey, demand for in-home accessibility features and home additions and alterations drove the majority of work at residential architecture firms in the fourth quarter of 2017.
As focus shifts back to development of suburban and exurban areas, demand for community features related to high density development is leveling off.
The labor market shows considerable strength since Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and unemployment holds steady at a 17-year low.
Multigenerational living—by necessity or by design—is becoming more common, but certain corners of the U.S. have stronger family ties than others.
Metrostudy's latest National Residential Economic Report reports continued housing shortages amounting to approximately 1.7 million houses across the nation, as well as many markets heading toward--or already facing--over-valuation.
