Home Building News

With the construction industry still recovering in the U.S., companies offering "green" services may be able to set themselves apart and grow business faster, according to a survey conducted by McGraw Hill Construction.

You might find this to be a home owner's heaven. Information is here to help from waterfalls to water quality, windows to windscreens, mud-jacking to masonry, pools to plows, framing to fireplaces.

Shooting ranges, an indoor tennis court, a bedroom bigger than many houses: For a small cadre of very wealthy owners, building big is back.

Residential remodeling is set to continue its slow recovery in 2012, with renovations and repairs up 2% to 3% from 2011 levels, economists said Thursday at the International Builders Show here.

A group of local students is heading to Jamaica for spring break, but not to soak up the sunshine.

Home Develop Co targets 10-per-cent sales growth this year from launching four new series to focus on the luxury-home market.

Seventeen home builders and remodelers, home builders' associations and other members of the home building industry were recognized for their commitment to strong safety programs Tuesday at the sixth annual SAFE awards dinner during the National Association of Home Builders' International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla.

A burgeoning population will spark another real estate cycle in Calgary with increased demand fuelling more MLS sales and more new home construction.

WHEN Bob Zielinski, a former marine who owns a glass manufacturing company here, and his wife, Kim, showed contractors plans for the house they wanted to build -- a 53-foot-long glass-and-steel wedge cantilevered over their factory -- the contractors said they couldn't do it.

Oxnard organic mulch producer Agromin Inc. says recycling increased in 2011 despite the decline in new home construction and a weak economy.

If you haven't heard, we are excited over a new group that Chris has formed, called Gnomies .

February 8, 2012 - The National Association of Home Builders today commended Sen.

February 7, 2012 - Housing professionals from across the country and abroad will convene at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Feb.

The dinner featured new housing industry expert Edsel Charles, who gave his forecast of the new home sales market in the Middle Tennessee area.

There has been some discussion on the low number of permits pulled for new single family homes in the city of Rochester in 2011.

The price gap between new and existing homes has widened to a new record level after starting to decline last year.

Jump starting a lackluster housing market--the city of Rogersville is thinking outside the box to attract new home contruction.

The Salt Lake and Provo metropolitan areas have been added to a national list tracking housing markets that are on the upswing.

Federal jobsite inspectors are paying visits to home construction sites throughout the Houston area, handing out massive fines to workers found without the required protection from falls.

Capitalizing on the national notoriety of being named America's Best Builder by BUILDER magazine and a record-breaking 2011 that has continued its momentum into 2012, Neal Communities has begun its home building business expansion into Lee and Collier counties.