on May 14,2000 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
An increasing demand for new homes in America’s cities has had a similar impact on land prices in urban areas - they’ve increased significantly and show few signs of abating anytime soon.
on May 01,2000 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
The Illinois-village board here in February voted to update its building codes to require fire sprinklers in all new residential buildings.
on March 31,2000 in Feature
The new International Residential Building Code (IRC), which is set to take affect this month, includes specific requirements that offer even more opportunities for basement finishing projects.
on March 31,2000 in Feature
Membership Profile: Leroy Ostlund, CGR
on March 28,2000 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
What is more fearsome to home builders than a prodigious wood-eater like the Formosan termite... the bugs or a law written to curb their spread? Louisiana builders, until recently, would have...
on February 23,2000 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
The remodeling industry has received a boost from government reporting agencies, but those same agencies continue to be unable to gather information on remodeling spending.
on February 05,2000 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
Miami architect (and traditional neigh-borhood development pioneer) Andres Duany believes TND is the cure for the epidemic of anti-growth political move-ments now sweeping across America’s most...
on January 31,2000 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
Madison, Ohio--Plastic dip tubes installed in water heaters sold across the country are deteriorating.
on January 20,2000 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
Miami architect (and traditional neigh-borhood development pioneer) Andres Duany believes TND is the cure for the epidemic of anti-growth political move-ments now sweeping across America’s most...
on December 31,1999 in Feature
Remodelers could be cited for OSHA violations even if their employees are not exposed to the hazard, under Ca
on December 31,1999 in Feature
For more than three decades, California home builders have battled their state’s peculiar application of strict product liability laws to housing construction.
on December 31,1999 in Feature
This past November, the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio ruled that Centex Homes cannot enforce the protion of its contracts requiring buyers to waive the guarantee that their new homes are '...
on December 31,1999 in Feature
Although the pace of growth and traffic congestion in their communities concern Americans, they prefer accommodating growth by expanding and improving infrastructure such as roads and schools...
on December 31,1999 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
Independence, Mo.--Homeowners in two states have filed lawsuits as a result of damage caused by faulty plastic pipes called dip tubes that were installed in water heaters throughout the...
on December 31,1999 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
KANSAS CITY, MO.--An agreement was reached in late November that should settle numerous class actions filed against water heater manufacturers for problems stemming from faulty dip tubes in...
on November 30,1999 in Feature
Having long ago stopped being seen as simply providers of "trailer" homes, the manufactured housing industry has made huge strides during the past two decades.
on November 08,1999 in Feature (Web Exclusive)
York International Corp. is recalling about 21,000 Diamond 80 downflow mid-efficiency furnaces with model numbers starting with P2DP, PBKD, and XEDO2.
on October 31,1999 in Feature
A California developer agreed last month to pay $9 million to settle a construction defect lawsuit than go to trial.
on October 31,1999 in Feature
Rehabilitation codes that were demonstrated effective in New Jersey have been accepted into the International Residential Code.
on September 30,1999 in Feature
Over the last 20 years, most of the infill development in the city of Portland, Ore. Has consisted of garage-domnated row houses.
