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Las Vegas Remains Monument To Housing Crisis

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas — particularly crippling debt. Jack Healy of the The New York Times wrote a feature story on the...

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Home Prices Continue To Fare Well In June

For the last few years, home prices have consistently risen by five percent each month and year, according to data from CoreLogic. ...

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Modular Homes Model For Modern Living

Modular homes are quite popular today, but they’re exactly not new. Factory-built homes popped up in the late 1940s to accommodate soldiers...

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Climate Change Could Crush Coastal Cities

Earlier this year, scientists estimated that if carbon emissions continue unabated, sea levels could rise six feet by the year 2100. If that...

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Survey Says Many Couples Split Down Payments

In this day and age, couples aren’t afraid to split up… their down payments for a new house. NerdWallet conducted an online survey of...

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People who want space should head to Texas.

Codes + Standards

Fannie Mae is offering the lowest cost of capital for new solar installations to date.

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Ubiquitous Drywall Has Its Downsides

Drywall is noncombustible, light and cheap, and absolutely commonplace, with 20 billion square feet of the gypsum-based product manufactured...

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Online shopping is the way of the world now, but brick-and-mortar stores are still useful. Even Amazon admits that — the internet giant is...

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Custom Home Building Experiences Dip

In 2015, custom home building decreased by three percent, from a 25 percent market share to 22 percent. The rate is consistent with the...

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December