Codes + Standards Ohio is first state to roll back renewable energy standards Passage of the new bill means standards are put on hold until 2017.
features Housing market still 'source of concern' for Fannie Mae Economists at Fannie Mae say home sales are likely to fall this year for the first time in four years. Detailed estimates show that home...
features U.S. consumer spending falls behind expectations Reuters reports that the Commerce Department announced consumer spending increased 0.2 percent, below the 0.4 percent forecasted. Experts...
features Zombie foreclosures haunt post-housing crisis RealtyTrac’s analysis of Q2 2014 zombie foreclosures – properties for which the foreclosure process began but was never completed – shows...
features Britain acts against housing bubble threat The Associated Press reports that experts are concerned about the United Kingdom’s overinflated housing market, possibly fueled by debt. To...
features Woodside Homes files for IPO Utah-based Woodside Homes Inc., one of the largest regional homebuilders in the western U.S., is filing for an initial public offering, 24/7...
features Census shows Millennials suburbanizing, Boomers moving to cities From 2012-2013, population growth for 20-34 year-olds was highest outside big cities, says Trulia’s Jed Kolko based on his analysis of the...
features Millennials are key to housing recovery, Harvard research shows The map above, recently released by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, demonstrates the affordability issue in the U.S. housing...
Codes + Standards EPA unveils first Energy Star label for clothes dryers A 20 percent reduction in energy use could lead to $1.5 billion in savings and 22 billion fewer pounds of greenhouse gas emissions.
features Homeowners believe fire sprinklers increase homes' value A new national Harris Poll conducted on behalf of the non-profit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition shows 74 percent of U.S. homeowners would be...
