Business Management Listen Up Home Builders, It’s All About the Process Significant savings can be found in being more efficient with trade labor, materials, and employees, but that isn’t how you find the real cost savings in production building. The route to the margin you seek is through process
features Joint Center: More Homeowners and Affordable Housing Key to Upward Mobility For many Americans with lower incomes, owning a home is a sign of having entered a middle-class stability, a study by the MacArthur...
features 5 Charts Explain the History of Housing A new survey from Coldwell Banker shows how the recession not only changed the housing market, it also changed the way sellers approach the...
features Surging Rates Push Hike in Weekly Mortgage Applications Mortgage applications jumped 8.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis last week from the previous week in anticipation of rising rates,...
features New Roof Coating Keeps Roofs Cooler Than Outside Temperatures Treehugger reports that researchers at the University of Technology Sydney have developed a roof coating that absorbs less sunlight and...
features How the Housing Market Is Stopping People from Buying After looking at how new homes have changed since the 1970s, Business Insider reporter Shane Ferro speculates that the increasing average...
features Gallup Poll Maps Out Household Formation Trends Fewer young people say I do – to any relationship, a recent study by Gallup found. This means the percentage of American 20-somethings who...
Market Data + Trends Most American Homeowners Report They Are ‘Living Comfortably’ Homeowners also expressed optimism regarding home values
HVAC Achieving Net Zero With a Tri-Generation System Houston-area builder M Street Homes' first Zero Energy Ready Home employs a unique bundled arrangement of mechanical systems
features Most Canadian First-Time Homebuyers Aren’t Receiving Parental Aid A common refrain in Canada among people looking to buy a home for the first time is to “tap the Bank of Mom and Dad,” the Huffington Post...
