February 2019

Quality Matters

One-Coat Stucco Basics—6 Common Problem Areas

Protect yourself from liability by avoiding these common stucco installation mistakes

Home exterior with one-coat stucco cladding

Sustainability

Market Opportunities in Building and Selling Greener Homes: Builder vs. Homebuyer Views

Builders and homebuyers differ in how they define and value green homes. Here’s what’s real, what’s assumed and imagined, and how to bridge those gaps in perceptions of sustainability

House Review

Designing for Traffic Flow

These designs direct traffic with care, with privacy pull-offs and plenty of room to mingle

Opinion

The Puzzle of Selling Green Homes

Many home builders find that selling a green home (or a high-performance or sustainable or net zero home) is at least as hard as building one. Why?

Net Zero

Zero Net Energy Readiness—California Pioneers, Others Following

More states than just California are on the road to zero net energy home building in their codes, and builders may be closer than they think to achieving those standards

sunrise in California, the state pioneering a zero net energy mandate for single-family homes, which goes into effect in 2020

Innovation

Is This What Housing's Future Looks Like?

A new, award-winning concept home seeks to deliver “the future of how new homes will be built”

Inside the 900-square-foot FutureHAUS concept home

Demographics

Senior Needs

Accounting for the adequate and accessible shelter of this exponentially growing demographic is a "federal priority" for private companies and public groups

Man fishing | But serving the 50-plus demographic with affordable, accessible housing may prove difficult, as the data show that more active adults and seniors are increasingly living in remote areas across the country, with specific housing needs to address, such as accessibility, convenience, and safety.

Regulations

Revised Waters Rule a Victory for Builders

NAHB Policy Briefing: The Trump administration’s proposed new definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) represents an important regulatory victory for the National Association of Home Builders and its members