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features Couple’s Dream Home Meets Living Building Challenge A couple’s dream home a 2,236-square-foot net-zero structure was designed to meet the Living Building Challenge’s green building criteria –...
features Single-Family Construction Reaches Nine-Year High In the Inland Empire Construction on single-family housing in California’s Riverside-San Bernardino metro area totalled 2,182 units in the first quarter, the...
features Low-Cost Rentals Are Getting Harder To Find From 2005 to 2015, the number of units with inflation-adjusted rents of $2,000 a month or more doubled, while the amount of units with rents...
features Colorado Homeowners Take Advantage Of Refinancing Rising home values and low mortgage rates make it easy for homeowners in several Colorado cities to refinance. SmartAsset ranked the top...
features Strong Employment, Low Interest Rates Help To Swell Demand The nation is experiencing full employment and mortgage interest rates are historically low. Given the conditions, many people want to buy a...
features Most Buyers Make Down-Payments Of Less Than 20 Percent Though 20 percent is the benchmark for a down-payment, it is not an ironclad requirement. NerdWallet reports that 54 percent of buyers,...
features The 20 Hottest Housing Markets In June Vallejo, Calif., retained the No. 1 spot, but cities such as Kennewick, Wash., Detroit, and Waco, Texas, moved up the list
features McMansions Are Making A Return As The Economy Improves For years, big and showy McMansions were a symbol of homeowners living beyond their means. The recession slowed construction, but according...