Codes + Standards North Carolina bill would stop cities from dictating new home design Some lawmakers have argued that some cities had exceeded their authority
features Property Taxes Make Up Largest Share of State and Local Tax Revenues An NAHB analysis of the Census Bureau’s quarterly data found that property taxes constituted 39.7 percent of state and local tax receipts...
features Consumers Are More Optimistic About Housing The NAR reports that the Federal Reserve Board of New York is saying that consumer interest in housing is gaining momentum. The most...
features Research Finds That Housing Greatly Influences Income Inequality A study done by MIT graduate student Matthew Rognlie is making waves for his alternative theory of inequality. He found that the tech boom...
features Will 2015 Be a Breakout Year for Modular Homes? The past years has seen much talk about the modular home’s popularity, but the number of these homes purchased has been low. According to U...
features Dallas Population Is Outgrowing Its Housing Stock It’s almost impossible to buy a house in Dallas, Bloomberg Business reports, saying the cause is the city’s bustling economy, which has led...
Energy Efficiency Passive Houses Poised to Take Over New York Less than a decade ago, energy-efficient passive houses migrated from Germany to New York City. Today they’re making waves in recent and...
New-Construction Projects How Summerlin Helped Shape Modern Las Vegas The Summerlin master planned community has been credited with being a yardstick for the city's builders
Codes + Standards U.S. residential sector installs record amount of solar power in 2014 More than 1 gigawatt of solar power was installed
features A British Village Fights Over a Frank Lloyd Wright House The small village of Wraxall, 130 miles west of London, is divided on whether or not a Frank Lloyd Wright house can be built there. The...
