Sustainable Features Are a Priority to Homebuyers

According to the National Association of Realtors, when homebuyers are shopping for a new home, sustainable features are now a priority. The NAR is responsible for identifying buyer and seller behavior, breaking down trends by generations. Builder Online published metrics identifying which generation comprises the largest...

Multi-Gen Homes – Back in the Spotlight

New homes are back and they’re more than 20 percent larger than a resale home as builders across the country added more space to accommodate post-recession lifestyles: three generations living under one roof. This type of arrangement is becoming the new norm: grandmother, mother, and college-aged...

Is the Next Baby Boom Coming?

Until recently, it was believed that another wave of baby boomers seemed highly unlikely. The recession sent birth rates in the U.S. plummeting. Having declined all throughout the 90s, the number of women entering childbearing years is at an all-time high and continuing to rise. These...

Generation Z: Hey, Big Spenders!

The 20 million US children aged 8 to 12 are the new power players of consumerism. Yes, today’s tweens are now known as Generation Z. It has been estimated that they are spending $30 billion of their own money annually and influencing another $150 billion...

Chronology of the Generations

There have been many conflicting attempts to classify the generations of the western world. The chronology through the early part of the Baby Boomer generation has been widely accepted; however it is harder to define the newer generations. Do we attach them to population dynamics...