Builder confidence hit a new high in April, increasing one point to 63, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ monthly confidence index data.
In April, 15 percent of offers written by Redfin agents on for-sale homes in the U.S. faced competition, posting a "dramatic" 45 percent year-over-year drop.
Houston rebuilding efforts, stucco use in construction, and the specialists chosen to develop the first community-wide resilience benchmarks related to buildings in the U.S.
Chicago's major building code overall, new and innovative building and construction materials and tech, climate change making insurance unaffordable for many, the pitfalls of smart home devices, and Boston's affordable housing initiative
LEED v4.1 now available, the risk of ill-fitting construction equipment for women, renters' electric car conundrum, Chicago's passive house passes polar vortex test, and addressing affordable workforce housing shortages
