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Design Challenge Winners Tackle the Multigenerational Household Check out the winners of the 2009 Custom Builder Design Challenge — their unique conceptual designs accommodate three generations. View the winning designs.

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HOUSING ZONE

EPA Issues Final Rule for Regulating Stormwater Runoff The rule takes effect in February 2010 and will be phased in over a four-year period.

PROFESSIONAL BUILDER

House Prices Increase Slightly in Third Quarter First quarterly increase since the second quarter of 2007

PROFESSIONAL REMODELER

Nevada, Arizona Experience Largest Declines in Construction Jobs, AGC Reports Only North Dakota Adds Construction Jobs this Year

CUSTOM BUILDER

Paint Quality Institute Releases 2010 Color Trends Color trends for 2010 take inspiration from a variety of social and economic influences

HOUSING GIANTS

KB Home Names John Reeves President of Washington, D.C., Metro Division Reeves assumes responsibility for all home building operations

Industry News

• Chicago Home Builders Association Files Chapter 11
  Chicago-area home builders are probably a little extra irritable these days. Their Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago was recently forced to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This is what led to the action.
• Survey Shows Home Builders Still Irritable
• Lee S. Evans, 1917 - 2009
• Homebuilders Hunt for Land