Land Planning Land Developers 'Gerrymandered' Boundaries of Risk in Texas Master-Planned Community FEMA's effort to correct maps used for the federal flood insurance program has become a backdoor for developers to build on low-lying land....
New-Home Sales On Aging Well, and How Builders Can Help As Americans get older, we want to remain in our homes without feeling isolated. Home builders are increasingly taking steps to meet these needs
Planning + Development The Patch: an Agrihood in the City A conceptual design from KTGY Architecture & Planning aims to bring the benefits of locally grown food to existing urban neighborhoods
Land Planning Discussion: Houston's Zoning Question, Post-Harvey Before Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area in September of this year, its sprawl had already been a topic of hot debate. Houston is the...
Land Planning Dying Malls Could Become New Homes In California’s suburbs, several plans are in the works to turn near-vacant shopping malls into new mixed-use housing developments. The...
New-Home Sales Where Are Distressed Neighborhoods in America? The Economic Innovation Group, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, recently released a report and interactive tool showing the...
Single-Family Homes Government Regulations And Fees Drive Up Minnesota Home Prices The Twin Cities ranked first in housing costs among the 20 largest metro areas
Sales Home Builders Are Building Larger Homes On Smaller Lots Based on CoreLogic public records data for single-family homes and townhouses, home builders are building larger homes on smaller lots. The...
Land Planning Lawns Are Falling Out Of Favor With Homeowners A lush green lawn takes plenty of time, money, and energy to maintain, and an increasing number of homeowners are saying that it’s no longer...
Land Planning Sleep-Deprived Teenagers Suffer Due To Urban Sprawl Researchers say that high school students need at least nine hours of sleep per night. Logistically, that’s impossible. CityLab reports...
