Low mortgage rates and low inventory levels are making the demand for homebuilding more attractive to buyers in Boston and nationwide.

The DHS announcement comes in response to businesses reporting an immediate need for supplemental, temporary guest workers for this fiscal year.

Privately owned housing starts jumped 19.4% from February’s revised estimate to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,739,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

New construction purchases among first-time homebuyers account for almost half of the new home market in 2021.

The National Association of Home Builders published the results of its Special Study for Housing Economics, highlighting the 2020 annual census of who makes up its members.

A downtown Boston developer wants to change its current hotel project to residential, citing shifts in the hospitality industry and the impact it’s faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Caldwell is more than a place to live, it truly is an experience, and we designed the building to ensure a safe habitual lifestyle.” — Michael Procopio, vice president of development, Procopio Companies

After declining for years, the size of new single-family homes has begun to level off as consumers spend more time at home, a National Association of Home Builders analysis found.

The flight to the suburbs has become a growing preference for buyers, but renters are also finding respite in the outskirts of larger metro areas. That could help continue to drive new construction of apartments in suburbs across the country, according to a new report from Rent Cafe.

The gap between sales and construction reached a record high in 2020, which likely means a slowing down in sales and growth in construction in 2021, according to a year-end report by the National Association of Home Builders.

“Nothing sells like a shortage. We have underbuilt new housing relative to demand for a decade. Building will have to exceed household formation for a number of years to reduce the housing stock ‘debt’ we have accumulated.” — First American Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi

The group announced a series of new developments in the works in Cambridge and Somerville and several that are already on the market

Luxury apartment community, Caldwell, a 10-story mid-rise at 34 Munroe Street, in Lynn, is now accepting residents on its second, third and fourth floors and pre-leasing its upper floors.

Amenities at The Cove include a pet grooming station, fitness room, media lounge, socially distant work-from-home areas and a resort-style pool.

Tilia will include 30 condos ranging from 750-1,900 square feet with 1-2 bedrooms for the single level homes and 3 bedrooms for the duplexes.

See how Boston compares to other cities when it comes to apartment conversions.