In various pockets of the U.S., permits are being pulled and ground is being broken. This story makes the point through compelling photos, plus anecdotal and index-based info.
As unemployment worries ease, more buyers are at least kicking the tires again.
More focus on customers, less focus on opening new markets inform builders' business models today.
But finding qualified candidates, ready to contribute immediately, is a challenge.
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Roughly half of 212 U.S. cities tracked by market researchers saw foreclosure activity rise in the first quarter of 2012, a private firm said.
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Much has been made of the death of the McMansion, but new trends are questioning whether that pronouncement was made too early.
The American Dream has already changed, but there’s more that can be done to make it possible for more Americans.
The housing forecast for 2012 remains positive.
Chris Klein, CEO of Fortune Brands Home & Security, discusses the crash, new households, and why social media matters.
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NAHB hopes to use its latest poll to further influence national politics and policy.
Barry Rutenberg sees private-public partnerships as one key.
Record foreclosures and unprecedented home devaluations may have tarnished homeownership, but the desire to own a home remains strong.
But economists and analysts cite many factors that could impede growth.
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The 2011 third quarter results of The American Institute of Architects’ Home Design Trends Survey show an approximate 15 percent improvement in the custom/luxury market with outdoor spaces and smaller, greener homes remaining the most popular requests among residential clients.
Builders say their areas have seen more renters than buyers.
In some markets builders are attracting buyers with mansion-sized homes at cottage-size prices.
It’s that time of year again when economists and other experts start crystal balling where they think the beleaguered U.S. economy and its housing industry could be headed in the next two years.