Single-Family Homes Rising Prices, Tight Inventory, And Smaller Homes: What To Expect In 2017 Several of the trends that shaped the housing market this year will carry over into next year
Resilient Construction Resilient Construction Techniques Pay for Themselves Over Lifetime of Buildings Using resilient construction techniques in regions prone to extreme weather events is worth the expense, according to a new study from...
Sales Housing Markets With The Most Price Cuts The crash of oil prices has harmed Midland, Texas, where 34.9 percent of homes on the market saw price reductions last year. Realtor.com...
Single-Family Homes Areas Where Home Building Employment Is Thriving And Sputtering Nearly 3.8 million people worked in residential construction in 2015, accounting for 2.5 percent of the nation’s civilian labor force. ...
Economics Rents In San Diego Expected To Rise In 2017 San Diego is already one of the nation’s most expensive cities. That’s not changing next year for renters. The Los Angeles Times reports...
Design How To Create Places That Promote Healthy Behavior The U.S. is suffering from poor mental and physical health. Estimates say that one-third of adults are obese, and that only 17 percent of...
Government + Policy Cities Free Up Land That Was Set Aside For Parking After 70 years of almost continuous growth, the rate of parking spaces per bedroom for new construction has been on the decline since 2012. ...
Business Management Small Business Owners Are Feeling Good About The Future The recent Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index notes that the optimism of small business owners is at its highest point in nearly nine...
Single-Family Homes Has Suburban Growth And Diversity Been Overstated? Recent report on suburbs from the Urban Land Institute is called into question
Codes + Standards OSHA Releases Safety Recommendation Guide For Construction Industry The guide offers advice for contractors to identify hazards, plan responses to emergencies, and inspect job sites to find potential safety and health issues.