Market Data + Trends What Buyers Look Forward to in a New Home The feeling of being rooted and an opportunity to build equity are among what most respondents say made them buy a home
Codes + Standards Solar panels on homes provide benefits to all ratepayers Solar panels connected to the grid reduce the amount of electricity utilities must purchase from fossil fuel-fired power plants
features Extra Big Houses Are Going Up in Delaware Residents of Rehoboth Beach in Delaware say projects are “ballooning beyond reason because of profit-seeking investors,” Delaware Online...
features Home Improvement Spending Slowly Improves Americans aren’t spending for home improvement rapidly enough, writes personal finance reporter for MarketWatch Quentin Fottrell. Data from...
features Builder Offers Fueling Stations in Garages for Alternative-Fuel Cars Some homebuyers in Arizona can opt for the convenience of having their own pumping station in their garages, AZ Central reports. That is if...
features 15 Cool Home Gadgets Gadget blog Crooked Brains lists 15 smart-home products that will turn any ordinary home into a connected one. The products include...
features Multifamily Sector Boosts June Starts Housing starts in June reached a 1.174 million annual starts pace, the NAHB reports. A big chunk of this growth was driven by the...
features The Return of Fannie and Freddie In an op-ed in The New York Times, author and financial reporter Bethany McLean says “Fannie and Freddie are back, bigger and badder than...
Economics 6 Things June’s Housing Starts Tell Us Trulia’s Chief Economist Selma Hepp says 2015 may be the best year for housing
Codes + Standards U.S. headed for worst droughts in a millennium California, the southwest and the Great Plains are expected to be the hardest-hit by these droughts
