Industry News
January 4, 2013
The integrity of roof inspections in Florida is under criticism after a security camera captured a city building inspector assessing a new roof from the sidewalk in Largo.
January 3, 2013
NVR, Inc., the nation's fourth-largest home builder, according to Professional Builder's 2012 Housing Giants rankings, has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Heartland Homes, Inc., the second-largest builder in Pittsburgh...
January 3, 2013
Las Vegas and Seattle experienced the year’s most dramatic housing market turnarounds, as asking prices rose faster than rents in 17 of the 25 largest rental markets in 2012, according to new data released by Trulia.
January 3, 2013
Andersen Windows has made available the first of a series of Home Style Pattern Books, giving homeowners, designers, builders, remodelers, and architects an easy-to-use resource to effectively communicate historically accurate design elements.
January 3, 2013
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is auditing more companies to crack down on businesses that hire undocumented immigrants.
January 2, 2013
KTGY Group, Inc., a planning and design firm, announced that Carmel Partners of San Francisco has started construction on Carmel Loft House, a new mixed-use development spanning two city blocks in downtown Sunnyvale, Calif.
January 2, 2013
Utah’s outdated residential building codes mean higher energy costs for residents. New homes built in Utah have to meet minimum standards for energy efficiency from 2006, and experts say a lot has changed since then.
January 2, 2013
Senate Democrats who support legislation seeking $60.4 billion in aid for those affected by Superstorm Sandy said they think they have the votes to clear the bill.
December 31, 2012
Google has contributed a $3 million grant to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to help transform the building materials industry and accelerate the creation of healthier indoor environments.
December 28, 2012
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is making plans to certify all roofers in the state. Hudgens said he's meeting with industry leaders to get their support before proposing the law.
December 28, 2012
Active House, a unique 2,500 sf home under construction in St. Louis, is designed to meet or exceed four green certification programs.
December 28, 2012
All new residential construction projects for both new and existing homes in the state of Illinois will be subject to new IECC 2012 building code changes that go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013.
December 27, 2012
The city of Hailey, Idaho, is considering making mandatory its two-year-old voluntary Build Better program that provides extensive guidelines for building more energy-efficient homes.
December 27, 2012
The HVAC Inspection, Maintenance, and Restoration Association upholds the ACR standard for assessment, cleaning, and restoration, promoting physical source removal as the best technique for cleaning and decontaminating HVAC systems.
December 26, 2012
Home prices at the end of October were 4.3 percent above where they were on the 20-City Composite of the Case-Shiller Home Price Index last year, according to the newest data released on Thursday.
December 24, 2012
As the calendar year comes to a close, we recap the most popular Professional Builder articles in 2012.
December 21, 2012
Existing home sales rose 5.9 percent in November, continuing an uptrend as low inventory supply lifts home prices, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
December 21, 2012
A farmhouse constructed of concrete and white oak in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri was built to achieve the net-zero energy standard.
December 20, 2012
KB Home, the nation’s fifth-largest home builder, reported its fiscal fourth-quarter revenue jumped 20 percent because of an increase in the number of homes the company delivered and a higher average selling price.
December 20, 2012
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has postponed the enforcement date of new fall-protection rules for residential construction to March 15, 2013.
