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The Home Builders Association of Lexington, KY., is the first U.S. builders association to support the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) index.
With larger homes, more home electronics, and more appliances in homes, it may not be much of a surprise that energy consumption in the United States...
NAHB to Congress: Tread lightly when imposing mortgage lending reform
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today that proposed mortgage lending reforms under the Dodd-Frank Act must be imposed...
According to a national study conducted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) forty percent of single-family home builders plan to hire...
Improving Markets Index, IMI, NAHB, July 2012, 11 new markets, 84 metros
The list of U.S. housing markets showing measurable and sustained improvement rose by four to include 84 metros in July, according to the National...
4 key buyer types — and what they want in new-home design
Psychographic market research expert Brooke Warrick identifies the values, beliefs, and tendencies of four prominent buyer groups.
Apartment rents have increased at the highest rates since the third quarter of 2007, according to real estate research firm Reis, Inc. 
high-tech metros, top 10, The Atlantic Cities, Seattle, Technology Index Score
A new study from Richard Florida, co-founder and editor of The Atlantic Cities, examines the top high-tech metropolitan areas in the U.S.
PayScale, a company that compiles information on employee salary data, released an index of how many times private-sector wages have changed since...
Trulia: Home asking prices up 0.3 percent, but still outpaced by rising rents
Following a flat report in May, the Trulia Price Monitor for June shows that the asking prices for homes listed for sale in the 100 largest metro...
 

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