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  • How a Family-Run Custom Builder is Filling Lots
    Here’s an interesting profile of a custom home building firm that does their business in the Chicago suburban market. They’re carving a niche for themselves focused on infill and redeveloped lots.
  • ICC Votes to Keep Residential Fire Sprinklers
    In spite of intense push-back by the National Association of Home Builders, the International Code Council's (ICC) Residential Building Code Committee has voted to keep the residential fire sprinkler system requirement for one- and two-family new construction homes.
  • 55-Plus Poised to Drive the Home Building Market
    In the Rochester, N.Y. housing market, they are taking note of the “Silver tsunami” surge of buyers that are expected to dominate the housing market. Find out what the surveys say that baby boomers will be looking for when it comes to their home for the golden years. It’s a trend that could be coming soon to a housing market near you.
  • Success of Economic Stimulus Unknown
    The latest numbers on U.S. gross domestic product show a dramatic improvement in the economy during the third quarter, but they do little to settle the question of how much the government's unprecedented stimulus program helped or hurt the economy. This article provides some insight.
  • Recession, Changing Preferences Driving Smaller Homes
    Looks like the trend to building smaller homes is becoming firmly ingrained in the repertoire of home builder offerings, as noted in this report from the Columbus, Ohio market. What’s interesting in this article is how architects and designers describe methods used for the downsizing.
  • Galley Kitchens Regain Popularity
    When the kitchen in this home that is located in a historic district was renovated, the designers were faced with three challenges. They had to maintain some measure of historical accuracy, adapt to the needs of modern caterers, and work within the confines of a long, narrow space.
  • EPA Honors Green Building Challenge Winners
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently honored innovative green building design ideas that reduce the environmental and energy impacts of buildings. Here’s who won and what they did to take the honors.
  • Interior Design Realities for Lean Budgets
    It's a new world out there for interior designers. As the recession continues to paint a bleak landscape in most retail segments, homeowners are spending less on luxury items. For designers, that means smaller projects, but not necessarily less business.
  • Bonus Rooms Give Buyers Chance to Flex Creativity
    In this article, three Chicago-area home builders describe how they carve out extra flex space in their floor plans in order to build in flexibility for their prospective buyers.
  • Frustrated Developers Hiss Back at Snake
    Developers and home builders are all too familiar with how endangered species can thwart development plans. In South Jersey it’s the northern pine snake that has protected privileges. But this time the developers have decided to strike back. Here’s a look at their plan of attack.
  • Stark Realities of Chinese Drywall Liability Set In
    Chinese drywall manufacturers have more or less ignored litigation thrown at them in the U.S., and here's how consumers, home builders and government representatives are reacting. 
  • How Green Can You Go?
    Interest in green home building is exploding, but builders say most buyers are ordering up a small serving of energy efficiency instead of going for the whole green enchilada. Home builders in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa market share their experiences with green home buyers they’ve encountered.
  • Congress May Give New Life to Tax Credit
    Will Congress extend the wildly popular $8,000 homebuyer tax credit beyond its Dec. 1 expiration date? Here’s an update on what’s been happening with that in the halls of Congress.
  • Return to Housing Peak 10 Years Away
    Moody's Investors Service threw cold water on optimistic projections of a V-shaped recovery in the battered U.S. housing market, predicting it could take more than 10 years to get back to boom-level prices. Find out why.
  • An Extreme Green Home Example
    This farmhouse-style house rising in an old field in Maine will likely become that state's most energy-frugal home, using 90 percent less of it than a typical new home. The structure is so airtight and heavily insulated, and so well oriented to the sun that the builders are leaving out any real heating system. And thanks to solar panels on the roof, the owner won't pay anything for heat or hot water. Not ever. Take a look for yourself.

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