Design Design: New homes hold down the fort For decades California’s Monterey Peninsula was home to Fort Ord Army Base, a massive facility that trained millions of soldiers.
features Research contradicts recent housing starts and builder confidence data Contrary to recently reported data, research from John Burns Real Estate Consulting indicates that single-family housing starts rose 4...
features Bill calls for Energy Star lawsuit ban Ohio Representative Robert Latta introduced a bill that would prohibit class-action lawsuits against appliance manufacturers whose Energy...
features House prices impact jobs at startups Gains in home prices help create jobs at startup companies, according to a Reuters report, citing a correlation between jobs at startups and...
features Charts show end of housing recovery Fortune magazine presents four charts that seem to indicate the housing recovery is over. The charts exhibit price-to-rent ratios and...
features Features that can trump location As reported by CBS News, Pulte Group released a study indicating 99 percent of respondents would sacrifice some location-related aspect of...
features Home values, rents up from June 2013 According to Zillow’s second quarter Real Estate Market Reports, home values rose 6.3 percent from June 2013 to June 2014, while rents were...
features Homebuyers to start breaking even in 2017 The housing market will continue to recover for at least three more years as the rate of home value appreciation starts to taper off,...
Codes + Standards Vermont passes law to promote use of heat pumps Provisions of the law include an incentive program to lower the cost of the most efficient cold climate heat pumps.
features Purchasing single-family homes to rent increases in popularity The New York Times reports an increase in investors purchasing homes to rent in areas where rent-to-price ratios are still favorable....