-
WASHINGTON - U.S. builders began work on more homes last month, evidence that the battered housing market is slowly healing.
-
Raised-heel trusses provide a simple, cost-effective way to meet stricter energy-efficiency codes and standards.
-
A Principia Consulting poll indicates that homeowners will spend more money on remodeling projects this year, in part because they plan bigger projects. Decks will see one of the biggest gains.
-
The NAHB's updated "Long Road Back to Normal" map finds that, even at the end of next year, many states will be starting homes at far behind their usual pace.
-
When deadly twisters chewed through the South and Midwest in 2011, thousands of people in the killers' paths had nowhere to hide. Now many of those families are taking an unusual extra step to be ready next time: adding tornado shelters to their homes.
-
Projects include geothermal systems, rainwater catchment, ICFs, and straw bale construction.
-
On April 28 the National Building Museum (NBM) will open House & Home, a long-term exhibition with multiple educational events devoted to exploring the evolution and meaning of house versus home.
-
The National Kitchen & Bath Association reveals the prevailing trends seen in the 2012 NKBA Design Competition.
-
Manufacturers are producing durable, low maintenance and good-looking exterior trim and siding products across the value spectrum.
-
Builder confidence for newly constructed, single-family homes remained unchanged at 28 from February to March, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.