Understanding and feeling comfortable with all the technology tools available today is a daunting task for even the most accomplished IT professional.

How many times have you heard of attempts to shrug off service and warranty items with a claim of 'homeowner maintenance?'

Our industry has a long history of resisting change and innovation, but that inclination to sell and build houses as we always have seems to finally be falling away.

For three days four teams worked to define the basic principles of green building in the following areas: materials, indoor environmental quality (IEQ), energy efficiency and site design.

For months now, the hottest trend in computing devices for builders has been small, hand-held computing devices. But at least one builder is rediscovering the principal advantage of using laptop computers: a greater ability to handle bandwidth.

Since Lennar’s deal to acquire U.S. Home last spring, there has been a long void in home builder acquisition activity. But the cork just popped out of that bottle

As reported in Upfront in July, there is a movement afoot to develop an overarching standard for green building. The ultimate goal of this process, say its organizers, is nothing short of market transformation.

Stricter air quality standards published by the EPA in 1997 under the provisions of the Clean Air Act are among the most compelling, most contentious and potentially most costly clean air rules ever undertaken by EPA.

To make shopping for interior finishes for buyers’ new homes easier, Concord Homes has put a new twist on an old idea.