Building Technology Wildfires Inspire Software That Helps Survivors Rebuild Fast Necessity is the mother of innovation, and from the ashes of the California wildfires, the notoriously slow-to-change home building industry...
Remodeling Marketing Big Freeze on Remodeling Amid Housing Market Heat Up It’s the dead of winter, and the housing market is taking off. Builders are celebrating, but one industry is getting left behind: remodeling...
Codes + Standards Substantial Energy-Saving Provisions in 2021 Intl. Energy Conservation Code The 2021 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the model energy code for the United States, will have substantial...
Trends What Are the Hottest Paint Colors for 2020? After a decade of white this, gray that, home builders and buyers alike are longing for something new. In 2020, design experts forecast that...
Trends Co-Living Companies Make Waves in New York City Co-living has always been part of the fabric of New York City. While it usually meant an ad hoc community of strangers thrown together out...
Construction A Tale of Two States: Home Building in California and Texas The construction industries of Texas and California are facing polar-opposite conditions. For builders, life is good in the Lone Star State....
New-Home Sales How Millennials Are Affecting the Size of New Homes In every region but the West North Central, homes with four or more bedrooms are on the decline. The shrinking of new homes reveals a shift...
features How Can Placemaking Enhance Planned Communities? Humans tend to desire a connection to the land. If you have ever heard your grandmother talk about the beautiful trees that lined her street...
Financing Homebuyer Demand Hits Highest Point in 11 Years The spring creep has turned into the spring sprint as the winter blues that usually plague the housing industry are nowhere to be found....
Codes + Standards Several States With Ambitious Climate Goals Will Have to Restrict Natural Gas as a Fuel Most of the 10 states that rely the most on natural gas or propane for heating and cooking have ambitious climate goals. Some aim to reduce...
