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WASHINGTON - U.S. builders began work on more homes last month, evidence that the battered housing market is slowly healing.
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Raised-heel trusses provide a simple, cost-effective way to meet stricter energy-efficiency codes and standards.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Projects include geothermal systems, rainwater catchment, ICFs, and straw bale construction.
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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.
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The National Kitchen & Bath Association reveals the prevailing trends seen in the 2012 NKBA Design Competition.
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Manufacturers are producing durable, low maintenance and good-looking exterior trim and siding products across the value spectrum.
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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.
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Demand nationwide for wood-plastic composite and all-plastic lumber--including decking, molding, trim, windows, and doors--will rise 13% per year through 2015 to become a $5.4 billion market, Freedonia Group forecast.
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Home improvement spending is predicted to trend upwards during the second and third quarters of 2012, which could align the remodeling industry for a positive finish to the year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity released by the Remodeling Future Program at the Joint Center...
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Want to build a truss, rafter, or joist? For years, your strongest softwood lumber option for several key design tests has been Southern pine. But on June 1, three design values will drop...
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Construction supply dealers are getting paid at the fastest rate in five years while writing off less bad debt--trends that may be occurring mainly because most of the bad customers have already been culled, a new ProSales survey indicates.
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Demand for wall coverings is predicted to rise 8.2% annually to reach $2.2 billion in 2015, according to a study by The Freedonia Group.
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Spending on home improvements is expected to remain unpredictable and weak over the next several quarters according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA), which was released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University.
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Housing economists are like weather forecasters: The more locally they focus, the more likely their predictions will be wrong.
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North American demand for decking and railings is predicted to increase by 8% per year through 2013, according to a new report by Principia Partners.
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North American demand for decking and railings is predicted to increase by 8% per year through 2013, according to a new report by Principia Partners.
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Reduced interest in homeownership and fewer household formations hampered the housing industry during 2010 and may mean the industry will take longer to recover than originally thought, the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University concluded in its latest State of the Nation's Housing...