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Builders’ sentiment in February fell three points to 55, according to the National Association of Home Builders. While the current number of...

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Is OSHbot, The Lowe’s Robot, The Future Of Retail?

Johnny Cab from Total Recall, Ash from Alien, and Wall-E from its self-titled movie. Automated robots meant to help us humans and make our...

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Silk Labs Wants To Take The Smart Home Into Genius Territory

Some people love technology, and the more complicated the better. Instead of needing one remote to turn on the TV, suddenly it requires...

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Everything’s Smaller In Texas? Dallas builder Turns To Tiny Homes

Welcome to the Bizarro World, where up is down, hello means goodbye, and everything is smaller in Texas. That’s right, at least one Texas...

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A Stronger U.S. Dollar Is Impacting Foreign Buyers

At the end of 2015, the typical U.S. home had a value of $183,500. That was up 4 percent from the end of 2014 when a typical U.S. home was...

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Higher State Taxes Linked To Desire To Leave State

“For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” That’s...

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Millennials Are Less Confident About the Country’s Future Than Older Generations

The older a generation’s members are, the more optimistic they seem to be about the future

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ISO releases national assessment and state-by-state building codes evaluation

ISO says the document provides a comprehensive examination of building codes and their enforcement in 20,800 communities representing 87% percent of the U.S. population.

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Help The Poor By Building For The Rich

Everyone has heard Robin Hood’s motto to take from the rich and give to the poor. But here is a little bit of a twist on that motto, build...

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Florida Housing Market In Store For Healthy 2016

A strong 2015 for Florida’s housing market seems to point to 2016 as being another good year. HousingWire reports that according to data...

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

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

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