Design Home Design: Ongoing Housing Upturn Sees Homeowners Desiring More Special Features The most recent AIA survey on home design trends reflects evolving households.
Energy Efficiency Georgetown University Energy Prize promotes community energy savings A $5 million pot is up for grabs in the nationwide contest for communities to develop and implement long-term energy efficiency plans.
features Houzz raises $165 million for its e-commerce endeavors The home design and décor idea site is now going into e-commerce. The Wall Street Journal Digits blog reports that the California-based firm...
features AARP writer recommends renting to downsizing seniors The AARP examines which option is best for retirees moving out of their homes to downsize or be in a different city – to rent or to buy. ...
features Ideas to help Millennials break into the tight housing market Multiple studies have found that millennials are in fact eager to be homeowners, but most are delaying the process for economic reasons. ...
features Bargain mansions The Wall Street Journal showcases several grand, historic homes that are selling for less than $700,000. In fact, one Victorian 10-bedroom...
features U.S. markets that are most overvalued MarketWatch cites Trulia data that shows Austin as having the most overvalued housing market in the country – at 19 percent. Following...
features Price gains but sales decrease concerns an analyst Business blogger Wolf Richter argues that the current discrepancy between price gains and low sales is unsustainable. He cites KB Home's...
Codes + Standards Hispanics are the future of the housing market, says HUD chief One study says almost half of all new households in the next decade will be Hispanic.
features 10 rental markets with bad returns MarketWatch shares a study released by RealtyTrac that sums up how much profit the rental market is making in certain areas of the country. ...
