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Home Sales To First-Time Buyers Grew To 32 Percent in December

December 2015 saw the percentage of first-time homebuyers grow to 32 percent of residential sales. This number is a slight increase over...

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Home Sizes and Prices Grew in 2015

Americans like things big. Big trucks. Big meals. Big televisions. Everything. And houses are certainly not an exception to the rule. In...

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New Home Sales Improved In 2015 But Are Still Below Historical Numbers

In addition, sales of starter homes dropped in 2015

Codes + Standards

Policy makers should reduce barriers to consumer PV ownership, says renewable energy advocate

Increasing the cost of going solar takes energy choices away from many families and small businesses.

Codes + Standards

National Energy Codes Conference will take place March 21-24 in Tucson

Entitled “Energy Codes WORK!’, the event will focus on achieving compliance, with sessions also covering development, adoption, policy, tools, and research.

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Celebrity Chefs Spur Cleveland Real Estate

America's ever-growing foodie culture turns out to be a driving force behind Cleveland’s real estate growth. Restaurants owned and...

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12 Design Trends Set To Take Off In 2016

As is true with any design field, trends come and go. What was once a can’t-live-without element can become passé seemingly overnight. But...

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Demand For Large Luxury Homes Is Dropping

If MTV Cribs taught the world anything, it’s that no one needs a mansion. They are the epitome of excess. Nevertheless, the past few years...

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The 50 Features Homebuyers Want Most

What do new-home seekers really want? Builders, architects, and industry experts clue us in. In many markets, excess has given way to...

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Markets Where Homeowners Pay off Mortgages the Fastest (and Slowest)

With a median list price of $128,000, homebuyers in Cleveland can pay off their mortgages in 5.4 years, the fastest rate in the nation. ...

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

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features