The home building industry was dragged through the mud by the media a few years ago based on problems associated with the improper installation of some exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS).

Speaking at the second annual National Green Builder Conference (held April 4-7 in Denver), Dr. Mark Bundy hit the nail on the head. 'Smart growth and green building,' Bundy said, 'go hand in hand.'

The installation instructions for this custom home were a bit unusual: nine irons upstairs and cast iron downstairs. Make sense? Probably not.

Why does it take more than ten years for new technology and new building products to be absorbed into the mainstream of housing?

The Labor Department’s construction materials composite price index rose by 0.5% between December 1999 and January of this year.

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. D. R. Horton Inc., the Arlington, Texas-based Giant is doing just that.

Fronted by tree-lined streets, the neo-traditional-style homes in Live Oak Village, the first phase of construction in the master planned community, Avalon Park, in Orlando, literally resonate with the charm of small town America.

You don’t hear a lot about Indianapolis-based Giant Crossmann Communities, a public company that concentrates on entry-level and first move-up buyers in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas.

A central point of reference that argues in favor of a continued strong housing market during the next decade comes from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, The State of the Nation’s Housing, 1999.