New-Home Sales Home Builders, Sharpen Your Options Strategy Offering special features and upgrades gives you an edge with buyers, but competitive pricing, optimal margins, and streamlined packaging are essential
features Listing Service Goes to Television Shopping from your television seems like an invention that would’ve been futuristic in the 1950s. But with the introduction of online...
features Open Construction Jobs in March There was an increase in unfilled construction sector positions, the NAHB reports. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s Job Openings...
features What Happens to the Grid When More People Go Solar? After Tesla announced its new, reasonably priced home battery system, proponents of clean energy rejoiced. But as more homeowners strive to...
features Putting a Tub in a Shower Brings Bathroom Convenience There’s a bathroom design trend emerging that homebuyers are gravitating to: bath tubs in the shower. Bathroom designer and builder John...
features Markets Where Buying Doesn’t Beat Renting By Much In the long run, buying a home makes more financial sense than renting. But in several markets, homeowners will take much longer to finally...
features Home Prices Race to the Sky in Mile-High City The Denver Post reports that Metro Denver leads the nation’s major metro areas for home price appreciation, and is even “running shoulder-to...
features Hurdles First-Time Buyers Will Face this Spring With tough competition, it won't be easy for many first-time buyers
Codes + Standards New OSHA rule aimed at protecting construction workers in confined spaces The agency says the rule could protect nearly 800 construction workers a year from serious injuries
HVAC Bring HVAC Ducts Inside Cost-effective ways to meet zero-energy-ready home requirements with HVAC