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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.
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The North Carolina House of Representatives has approved a bill that would prohibit local governments from using zoning ordinances to regulate building-design elements for single-family homes or duplexes
Civic groups and non-profits trying to turn Detroit’s dismal housing market around have a relentless enemy: the appraisal process.
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Mustang, Oklahoma (pop. 17,395) has voted down adoption of the 2009 International Codes after a city council member argued that the codes represent an implementation of a United Nations resolution known as “Agenda 21.”
Small independent builders say they can’t get equal access to land or financing in Florida’s hot housing market.
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South Carolina’s decision not to adopt the 2009 building codes on schedule could result in the loss of favorable insurance rates, a Charleston official says.
Prices for framing lumber and structural panels (plywood and OSB) have risen dramatically this spring, market watchers report.
A new “homeowner bill of rights” law in California appears to have cut the state’s foreclosure rate significantly.
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Homeowners at “Somerset Run” in Franklin Township, New Jersey, have been complaining since 2003 that their Energy Star rated houses are drafty and expensive to heat. And they’re still not happy.
The New York Times takes a look at the effort by homeowners in the Hurricane Sandy impact area to elevate their houses.
Maryland communities are are charging property owners a yearly fee based on stormwater runoff, and attracting attention in the national press.