Demographics Retirement Communities of the Future Housing solutions for U.S. seniors have largely consisted of cookie-cutter developments demanding big upfront deposits from residents who...
Affordability Many Remodelers Are Creating ADUs As household formation and new home starts lag, researchers at the National Association of Home Builders wondered if more people were...
Sales Amazon Offers Prefab Houses With Free Shipping MarketWatch walks readers through three prefabricated homes that can be ordered online at Amazon.com. The homes profiled range from 113 to 1...
Tiny Homes Tiny Homes That Are Not So Tiny or Cheap Tiny houses began as a movement for people looking to rebel against consumerism and return to a simpler way of life. But as the popularity...
Surfaces Anything But Granite Granite was the new black, but there’s a pocket of designers and homeowners who see these countertops as the ugly ducklings of the design...
Building Materials Lighter Steel Makes Housing Taller A light-gauge steel structural system enabled a Florida developer to build a 12-story apartment tower in downtown Atlanta that allowed an...
Builders Toll Brothers Expands in Atlanta With Sharp Residential Acquisition Atlanta was the largest single-family home market where Toll Brothers did not operate, but not anymore. The Pennsylvania-based builder...
Kitchen + Bath 7 Tips for Achieving a Built-in Refrigerator Look on a Budget Built-in refrigerators are expensive but there are manufacturers that offer freestanding counter-depth appliances that stick out a lot less...
Sales Mortgage Rates Dropped But So Did Home Sales High prices and a tight supply still dog existing U.S. home sales despite a decline in mortgage interest rates. Sales slipped 0.4% in...
Economics The Amazon Effect: A Rabid Sellers’ Market Arlington, Va., is a sellers’ market thanks to Amazon’s announcement almost seven months ago that it will open a second headquarters in the...
