builder NEWS Home Automation Battle Planthink 'Lifestyle Impact' To Maximize Your Home-Selling Advantage Brought to you by NEST Is there anything a smartphone app can't control? Not much, it seems. Today a smartphone tap or a swipe can summon most anything, from the next meal to a new home or apartment deal. That kind of functionality is often taken for granted. No wonder a prospective home buyer might expect it from a new home. Perhaps you're already offering some home automation features. But that still leaves the question of which operating system to bet on. Do you side with devices controlled by iOS or Android smartphone apps? Which side will prevail? Read More NAHB: Today's homes will last for a century - at least Hallie Busta | Oct. 18, 2016 Dive Brief:Of the 132.42 million homes in the U.S. in 2011, 98.8% were still standing in 2013, according to a 2016 report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Based on data from the American Housing Survey, the report found that most homes were lost due to demolition and disaster, becoming damaged or condemned, being put to non-residential use, moved (in the case of mobile homes) or being converted or merged with another unit. Between 2011 and 2013, 1.567 million housing units were classified lost, or 0.59% annually. Dive Insight: hbra@buildfairfieldcounty.com In its analysis of the HUD data, the National Association of Home Builders noted that the likelihood of a home falling out of use depends in great part on typology. Because they can be more easily moved from their original location, mobile homes are more likely to be labeled lost than single-family detached homes, for example. Of the 1.567 million units lost between 2011 and 2013, fewer than half were single-family detached, at a rate of 0.45% annually. A home's age is also a factor. Homes built before 1950 are today lost at almost double the rate of homes built in the 1990s, due primarily to the age and viability of the structure. This suggests that half of the homes built after 1950 will be standing in 66 years, the NAHB explained, and that homes built today will have similar longevity. Read More 24 | HBRA of Fairfield County | October 2016
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