Business Management What Are the Top Challenges Builders Faced in 2019 and Expect in 2020? If you were a builder in 2019, this shouldn’t come as a surprise: The cost and availability of labor were the greatest challenges faced by...
Builders Taylor Morrison CEO Talks the Inventory Shortage, Corporate Diversity Taylor Morrison is having a good year: The housing giant recently announced that its net sales grew 25 percent to over 10,000 homes for the...
Design Don’t Make These Top 4 Multifamily Design Mistakes Multifamily design brings unique challenges as each unit must function both alone and with the other units. To avoid mistakes and create a...
Multifamily Which US Cities Saw the Most Dramatic Rent Increases Last Decade? Americans who are struggling financially are in a tough bind: Buying a home is pretty much out of question, but renting is increasingly...
Energy Efficiency The California Solar Mandate Is Here. What Does This Mean for Builders? For months, California builders anxiously awaited the arrival of the new year: On January 1, 2020, the new solar mandate that requires 100...
Windows + Doors Fenestration Rating Council Launches Faster Energy Performance Testing System The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) introduced a new process that will greatly reduce the time needed for simulating energy...
Sponsored Surfaces Q+A With a Finer Touch Construction About Its Cambria Partnership Brad Leavitt, president of A Finer Touch Construction, in Scottsdale, Ariz., shares his experience working with Cambria, the nation’s leading provider of American-made natural quartz surfaces, and why he’s a fan of the brand
Sales Luxury Home Prices Rebound But Still Lag Behind Past Growth Don’t drink any water right before reading this: A home sold in Los Angeles for over $94 million last year. And that’s just the tip of the...
Economics How Will the Next Recession Affect the Housing Market? If potential homebuyers are waiting for home prices to drop drastically during the next Recession, they may be disappointed. On the flip...
Sales This Parking Spot in San Francisco Sold for $100,000 Imagine, you’ve just won $100,000 on your favorite daytime television game show. The host leans over and asks what you’ll do with the money,...