Codes + Standards Memphis may relax seismic codes The measure must pass a third and final reading to become law
features Real Estate Investment by Chinese in Seattle Up in the Air Chinese investors and émigrés have helped Seattle’s housing market become one of the hottest, both in the city and in its suburbs. How much...
features Austrian Project Is First Multi-Story Building Certified as Passive House Plus According to Proud Green Home, a new apartment building project in Innsbruck, Austria, is the first of its kind in the world to be certified...
features Modular Homes With Contemporary Style More builders are starting to see the benefits of going modular, and they’re redefining what modular homes look like. Steve Williams...
features U.S. Median Home Value Has First Decline in Three Years The median U.S. home value fell 0.1 percent in July from the previous month to $179,000, though it is still up 3 percent from a year ago. ...
features Single Women Account for 23 Percent of First-Time Homeowners USA Today profiles the story of five single women who purchased their first homes, a sample of a growing demographic of homeowners. ...
New-Home Sales Money Magazine Ranks 50 Best U.S. Small Cities Good jobs and a charming downtown help get towns on the list
Codes + Standards Post-Katrina roofing codes creating more resilient buildings on Gulf Coast Stronger building standards and codes have contributed to stronger roofs in the region
features Despite Free Land, Affordable Housing Proposal Can’t Find Developers World War II veteran Mischa Seligman wants to donate his 6,500-sf patch of property in San Francisco’s Diamond Heights to affordable housing...
features Japan’s Housing Over-Supply Problem While the U.S. is going through housing supply shortages, another developed nation across the Pacific is trying to deal with its many vacant...