Green Products New Tool Shows How to Reduce Embodied Carbon A public beta version of a new tool that enables users to learn how building and infrastructure projects can “radically reduce embodied...
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Demographics Rising Midwestern Cities to Put on Your Watch List With their promise of affordable housing and low cost of living, new real estate superstars such as Dayton, Ohio, are putting the Midwest on...
Demographics Builders Are Confident, So Why Aren't Homebuyers? Builder confidence may be up, but buyers still remain wary. Only one-fifth of buyers say they can afford over half the houses available...
Economics What Role Did Speculation Play in the Housing Crash? If subprime mortgages are a prime suspect for the Great Recession, a new working paper suggests that housing speculation was a major...
Trends The Rise of the Open Concept Living Room At a relative’s new home for the holidays? Don’t be surprised if you find yourself gobbling down turkey right next to where it was made...
Economics Top Economist Lowers Recession Risk for 2020 A top Wall Street economist lowered the recession risk for the new year. Still, we’re not out of the woods yet. Though down from his earlier...
Economics What Are the Top 2020 Predictions From Redfin? It’s 2020: Bidding wars are on the rise, streets are going car-free, and climate change looms in homebuyers’ minds—at least that is the...
Codes + Standards ASHRAE Updates Standards for Ventilation, Air Quality ASHRAE released updated editions of its standards for ventilation system design and acceptable indoor air quality (IAQ). ANSI/ASHRAE...
Indoor Air Quality For Better Indoor Air Quality: Build Tight and Ventilate Right Buildings need to dry and people need to breathe. Good air sealing aids both