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Site-Visits: The Very Hot Courtyard Home

Residential architect Larry Garnett paused a moment before coming up with the words to describe the feeling he was aiming to capture in the rear yard area of a home he recently designed. Finally he said, 'like the courtyard of a European villa.'

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Cisco Unveils Its Internet Home Initiative

Cisco Systems, the highly respected maker of routers and other hardware that forms the backbone of the Internet is getting in the residential electronic-infrastructure business in a big way.

Financials

Housing Starts: June 2000

June 2000 total housing starts were at a seasonally-adjusted annualized level of 1.554 million units, down 2.6% from the May total and 0.5% lower than during June of 1999.

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California Non-Profit Builder Nets $100M from Pension Fund

Bridge Housing Corp., the San Francisco based non-profit home builder, was recently selected by the California Pension Fund (CalPERS), to manage $100 million in cash earmarked by the fund for urban infill development in Northern California.

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Cool Tools Provide Late Summer Heat

RIGID unveils new tools and accessories to make users smile.

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The Public Land Connection

Non-Profit keys deal for surplus property in Bay Area

New-Construction Projects

Accessibility Addressed

Multifamily builders across the country have reason to celebrate.

Sales

Quality Enabled E-Home Sales

In this era of e-commerce, quality builders are poised to make their mark.

Building Materials

Six Projects Hope to Make an Impact

Thanks largely to funding and support from PATH, six companies are hard at work developing the following technologies, which will be market-ready in 18 months.

Management

Technology Haze

When historians write about the last years of the 20th century and the early part of this millennium, I expect they will use terms like revolution.

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

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features