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Never mind interest rates. Home buyers in hot markets around the country are finding out that they need to show up with cash — and move fast, or lose out.
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Experts say homeowners should get prepared for what could be a bad year for wildfires.
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Down and out a few years ago, Michigan’s building industry is coming back. But a shortage of skilled workers worries builders.
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Memorial Day weekend was the occasion for deck collapses as well as celebration.
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A Montana judge has ruled that a town’s wildland fire-prevention code can’t restrict building material choices.
Home prices are surging this spring. One big reason: Wall Street investors are buying.
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A Northwest nonprofit is trying to raise the bar for energy efficiency.
OSHA is ready to sock a Boston-area framing contractor with $300,000 in fines, alleging a willful violation of fall protection rules.
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Home prices rose sharply in April, buoying the nation’s economic recovery.
Hanley Wood LLC, the premier media, event, information and strategic marketing services company serving the construction industry and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today a strategic partnership whereby Hanley Wood has acquired the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.
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The next thing from Kwikset: a Bluetooth-powered lockset that lets you unlock your door with a fingertip touch.
Devastated by a killer tornado two years ago, Joplin, Missouri, is well on the road to recovery.
Damage from deadly tornadoes could be reduced with simple construction upgrades, experts say.
Big private equity firms that started out buying up foreclosures as investment properties are now moving into the new home market.
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A bill in the North Carolina legislature will re-set the state’s energy code for commercial construction from the 2012 version back to the more permissive 2009 edition.
Economic health is returning to the California homebuilding industry. What’s not returning? The skilled workers.
Hidden behind vines and overgrown trees, the stately old Montgomery, Ala., house was condemned to be torn down before it fell down. But now, neighbors are teaming up to save and restore the home.
Landowners and builders in rural Pennsylvania are voicing concerns about a proposed new environmental rule that could force costly changes in on-site wastewater treatment practices.
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Tight supplies of labor and land, along with rising prices for lumber and other materials, are putting a speed bump in the way of the housing market recovery.
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A new home in Dillingham, Alaska, has set a world record for the tightest residential structure ever built.