Home buyers say they want more garage, but bigger doesn't mesh with some municipalities' mandate to reduce garages' street presence.

The easier the maintenance, the more likely your homes will reflect quality 10, 20 or 50 years from now. Here's a checklist for 'smart durability' - building practices that can improve durability by easing the maintenance burden.

Job-site recycling programs not only demonstrate environmental responsibility, but also give the builder a connection with potential home buyers.

American Standard aims to improve flushing power with the Champion toilet.

A French company offers a line of veneer panels with a mix of shapes, colors, textures and species to create three-dimensional effects.

Many Hispanics in the Orlando, Fla., area thought homeownership was beyond their reach, before KB Home began sponsoring monthly home buying seminars.

Production builders have dealt with storm-water runoff erosion controls for more than a decade. Now, regulations that went into effect last spring are snaring even custom builders on sites as small as 1 acre.

Two Florida firms might be a harbinger of things to come in many housing markets as national builders continue to expand.

The good news of the past few years for builders is that many have accumulated significant sums of money. The bad news? What to do with it.