Codes + Standards Solar Power Batteries For Homes Gaining Market Traction Homeowners are beginning to adopt solar power batteries to use in conjunction with rooftop PVs. In addition to storing power for use at...
Single-Family Homes Median Age Of Housing Stock Continues To Increase According to NAHB Eye on Housing, the median age of owner-occupied housing reached 37 years in 2015, an increase from 31 in 2005. More than...
Resilient Construction Texas Housing Development Designed to Withstand Disasters and Nuclear Attack Sometimes a double-gated community just isn’t safe enough. Curbed reports that Trident Lakes, a 700-acre planned community near Dallas,...
Single-Family Homes Rural Homes Aren’t Yet Suited For Growth Of Aging Population A recent report from the Urban Institute said that over the next few decades, rural areas will see more growth in the 65-and-older...
Home Technology Most Notable Home Technology Innovations At CES 2017 Today marks the opening of CES 2017, being held in Las Vegas, and Curbed has found the best new gadgets in home technology. Appliance...
Home Technology Man With ALS Designs Home Automation System Controlled By Eye Movement People with physical disabilities, such as those living with ALS, can benefit from a home automation system that can be controlled by eye...
Market Data + Trends The Best Cities To Find A Good Job People who need jobs should head to Arizona or Texas. Both those states have several cities that rate highly on the Best Cities for Jobs...
Sales Housing Market Predictions for 2017: Rising Inventory, Credit Availability, Millennial Homeownership, and More Some of the negative market conditions of 2016 will continue, but increasing housing demand and changing policies could improve production
Codes + Standards How Passive House Standard Saves Money On Heating And Cooling Layers of extra-thick insulation and triple-pane windows that use solar gain to produce heat are keys to the concept
Resilient Construction Homeowners Build Stronger and Better After Natural Disasters After an earthquake severely damaged their house in 2014, a couple in Napa, Calif., spent $350,000 to construct a new home. The upgrade...