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William Lyon Homes will acquire the home building business of Polygon Northwest for a cash purchase price of approximately $520 million. The...

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Growth shifts to cities

A CityLab report indicates that although primary city populations have grown faster than their respective suburbs between 2010 and 2013, the...

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U.S. home prices rise at slow pace

The Associated Press reports that April U.S. home prices rose at 10.8 percent from 12 months earlier, the slowest pace since March 2013. The...

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Tariffs will make solar power less affordable, solar panel installers say.

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We watched our phones transform into smartphones and homes into smart homes. Forbes contributor Michael Wolf writes about four unexpected,...

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Why reforming the Loan Estimate Form matters

CEO of Guardian Consumer Services Mark McElroy blogs about how the changes in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Loan Estimate Form...

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In an interview with The New York Times, architect William Maclay talks about his new book, “The New Net Zero: Leading-Edge Design and...

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HousingWire discusses a Black Knight Financial Services report that shows home prices across the nation rose 0.9 percent in April, based on...

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Is a ‘Smart Home’ worth it?

Smart-home company SmartThings has developed technology that allows a home to learn a homeowner’s behavior, adjust lights according to their...

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Lower-priced home inventory continues to fall

Though the overall number of homes listed for sale is finally rising, online real estate database Zillow reports that the number of lower...

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December