This month, Texas adopts a statewide building code that should cut the energy consumption of new single-family homes by more than 15%, according to the Energy Systems Laboratory at the Texas A&M University System.
The number of housing markets showing marked improvement nearly doubled in January from December with the addition of 40 new metros to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index.
Metrostudy researched all or part of all 84 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) around the country and found that starts will increase nationwide in 2012.
