Codes + Standards Florida building code change requires 10-year battery smoke alarms A new law requires 10-year batteries in smoke alarms for all new and existing Florida homes.
Codes + Standards Obama plan would save about $900 on first-time mortgages First-time borroweres could save as much as $900 per year with the reduction in mortgage insurance fees recently announced by President Barack Obama.
features New Fannie Mae Program Could Hurt Housing The new Collateral Underwriter program from Fannie Mae could potentially cause home sale closings to cost more money and move at a slower...
features Immigrant Flow in the Construction Industry New research from the National Association of Home Builders finds that the immigrant labor flow in construction dropped from 135,000 at the...
features Anchorage's New Energy-Efficient Homes A new affordable housing project in Anchorage might bcome the first-ever energy net-positive, water net-zero building in Alaska. A...
features New Year, New Confidence for D.C.-Area Buyers The number of sales in the D.C. region rose for the first time in a year in December, according to the Washington Post. RealEstate...
features London’s Growing Real Estate Values Following a $1.5 trillion real estate boom, the value of homes in London are now worth as much as the Brazilian economy, CNN Money reported....
features Austin’s Housing Market Boom Austin’s housing market continues down its path to recovery as starts, inventory, and sales continue to rise, according to the Austin Business Journal.
features 4 Predictions for Housing in 2015 It’s a new year and that means new predictions for the housing market. In 2015, predicts Guardian Mortgage, the industry should expect...
features Who Scored Jobs and Where in 2014? Almost 3 million jobs were added last year, the largest period of job growth since 1999, CNN Money reported. Business and professional...