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Modular Home Manufacturer Adds Fire Sprinklers to Options List

Excel Homes joins forces with contractor F.E. Moran provide builders with turnkey installation program.
Green Home Building Guidelines Fade Out

As the National Green Building Standard moves in, the Green Home Building Guidelines move out.
Twin Cities man's effort to provide housing to homeless--regardless of building codes--stirs controversy

Mar. 29--Dave Busch stomped up the wooden stairs in one of his rescued homes.

Roofer registration law protects homeowners

Consumers will reap rewards from state homebuilders' legislative efforts to tighten contractor registration requirements.
Modular Home Manufacturer Adds Fire Sprinklers to Options List

Excel Homes joins forces with contractor F.E. Moran provide builders with turnkey installation program.
Atlanta housing market suffers big setback

Aug. 25--Retirees Burt and Deedy Cousar asked $549,000 for their four-bedroom, three-bathroom cluster home on a pleasant cul-de-sac in...

Roofer registration law protects homeowners

Consumers will reap rewards from state homebuilders' legislative efforts to tighten contractor registration requirements.
Atlanta housing market suffers big setback

Aug. 25--Retirees Burt and Deedy Cousar asked $549,000 for their four-bedroom, three-bathroom cluster home on a pleasant cul-de-sac in...
South Florida homes sales slip in July

Aug. 25--After 23 consecutive months, Miami-Dade County's streak of rising year-over-year residential home sales came to an end in July, as...

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the NAHB in a dispute over handing Clean Water Act permitting authority over to states.

The NAHB's first venture before the U.S. Supreme Court as a named party resulted in a great victory for members earlier this summer. In a...
NAHB Briefs

- Online registration is now open for the 2008 International Builders' Show. - The NAHB urges lawmakers not to abandon efforts to overhaul...
Cost of Living

America is experiencing a serious housing affordability crisis that affects the quality of life of millions of families by locking them out...