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How Many Subcontractors Does It take To Build a Home?

A NAHB study found that it takes, on average, 22 subcontractors to build a typical house. Around 70 percent of homebuilders uses...

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Today’s Houses of Tomorrow, Coming Soon

The concepts created by the competitors for the Department of Energy's biennial solar house building contest have been released,...

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New York and Washington D.C. Experience House Valuation Slump

From June 2014 to June of this year, the values of 45 percent of single-family houses in Washington and New York declined by at least 2...

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Shrinking Cities See an Influx of College-Educated Residents

Metro areas that have seen massive losses in both jobs and total population have also experienced double-digit rate increases of people...

Economics

America’s Healthiest Housing Market is Frisco, Texas

The small city is prospering in both the real estate market and in economics

Green Projects

The Future of Housing Design: Can Your Team Deliver?

Ensuring that high-performance construction continues to thrive involves a commitment to your business — and to mentoring a new generation of builders

The OPti-MN Impact House, winner of the top prize in the 2015 Race to Zero Student Design Competition.

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California bill would require half the state’s energy from renewable by 2030

Present incarnation of Senate Bill 350 puts residential rooftop systems in contention

Education + Training

How to Choose a Sales Training Program

Before you implement any type of training program, assess your personnel and ask these questions

Sales training program in progress with a group of sales reps

Regulations

NAHB: Proposed federal overtime rules would worsen construction industry labor shortage

At least 116,000 supervisors could be affected

Construction workers affected by proposed federal overtime regulations

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Construction Loans Are Becoming More Available

While the home construction market is still experiencing setbacks, home builders say that obtaining a construction loan is not one of them,...

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