Economics Housing Recovers But Affordability Continues to Be a Challenge The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released The State of the Nation's Housing report for 2016
features NAHB: Single-Family Housing Starts Flat In May In part due to an elevated construction pace in February, single-family housing starts were flat in May, according to NAHB. But,...
features Sheds And Garages Become Spaces For Backyard Bars You can create a nightclub in your own home if you are willing to park in the street. The Houston Chronicle reports that a Houston...
features Report Names The Most Walkable Cities In The U.S. A new report from Smart Growth America determines which U.S. cities are moving fastest towards becoming "walkable urbanism,” which are...
features It Isn’t Just The Top 1 Percent That Has Rebounded Nicely From The Recession All the data on the subject seems to point to a pretty widely accepted idea that the top 1 percent experienced a strong rebound from the...
New-Home Sales Buyers Beware: Housing Shortage Isn’t Going to Improve Anytime Soon The number of homes completed in May does not paint a pretty picture for the coming months.
Codes + Standards New Washington, D.C., zoning could make tiny houses easier to get permitted After the new zoning ordinance goes into effect in September, many landowners in outlying DC neighborhoods will have the right to build and rent small dwellings.
Codes + Standards Industry group critical of new OSHA workplace injury tracking rule Critics say OSHA has the power to disseminate records and data that fail to show the complete narrative of a company’s safety record.
features Owning Solar Panels Has Become More Popular Than Leasing Them In 2014, solar leases and contracts of a similar nature accounted for 72 percent of home-solar sales, but by 2017 that share is forecasted...
features Lack Of Affordable Housing Is The New Housing Crisis An annual survey from the MacArthur Foundation found that 81 percent of respondents said housing affordability is a problem. Another third...
