Codes + Standards Two years for rooftop solar cost to be on par with coal, oil The price of the technology will continue to drop.
features More Than Half of States on Track to Hit Bubble-Era Home-Price Peaks According to MarketWatch, home prices picked up in October, and 27 states are on track to hit or even pass peak levels of the bubble-era by...
features Canada Code to Allow Wood Buildings of Six Stories Recent and pending building codes in several Canadian jurisdictions allows wood to be used in multiresidential and office buildings up to...
features The 12 Hottest Markets in the U.S. Toledo, Ohio takes the lead for fastest year-on-year home price appreciation last month based on data from RealtyTrac, Business Insider...
features What Do Americans Want Most in Their Homes? MarketWatch shares a new report from the Demand Institute that studies the discrepancy between the American “ideal home” and the homes...
features Home Construction Spending Increases Across the Board An analysis of private residential construction spending from Census data by the NAHB finds that all three components of the sector...
features Home Value Growth Will Outpace Rents The coming year is shaping up to be a good year for homebuyers, Zillow Real Estate Research says, and especially for younger and first-time...
features Rent doesn’t have to be high Millions of families lost homes in the crash, which led to a high demand for rental that supply isn’t keeping up with. One economist finds...
features Why solar panels are more useful facing west than south South-facing solar panels capture the most solar energy throughout the day, but the New York Times reports that that isn’t the most useful. ...
features Soaring fees could cost new homebuyers hundreds more a month Consumer advocates and prominent housing industry trade groups want federal agencies to lower mortgage fees, the Washington Post reports. ...
