FEATURES

  • A Simpler Plan

    Community and energy efficient top their lists of priorities.

     

  • Brave New World

    After the bust, builders might be surprised at what future shoppers will want to buy. What they're building, though, doesn't always match with what future buyers say they want.

     

  • Redesigning Retirement

    By 2011, half of all homeowners will be over 50. But the current housing landscape doesn't necessarily provide what they want -- or need.

     

  • Hear Them Roar

    Millennials make up almost a third of the U.S. population, and they will fundamentally change how you do business.

     

  • Dreaming in Color

    But where builders and their products fit into that vision differs for each buyer group.

     

INSIDE STORY

  • Guard Dogs

    Changes within existing communities have met with occasional owner opposition.

     

  • Heavy Lifting

    A Houston-based firm does all the heavy lifting in marketing and executing the resales.

     

TOP SHELF

PRODUCTS

DIGITAL HOME

  • Home Theater Roadmap

    CEA and CEDIA Standards Committee creates a roadmap for home theater audio design.

     

  • Surround Sound

    Builders and integrators are discovering that presented properly wireless whole-house audio can be very profitable.

     

NATIONAL BEAT

  • New Jewel in Crown

    Emerald is the highest level of certification a home can achieve under the National Green Building Standard.

     

  • Going Green

    The NAHB is helping its members build homes and communities that are more environmentally responsible.

     

LAST WORD

OTHER ARTICLES

  • Shaping Up

    Housing recovery won't work unless financing for home buyers and home builders is available at terms that work.

     

  • No Time Like the Present

    We can’t go back in time, but we can make sure we don’t make the same mistakes again.

     

  • Accessible by Law

    Communities in which universal design legislation is already in effect.

     

  • Club Sandwiches

    Why more Boomers are living with their parents and kids.

     

  • The Active Adult Option

    Interest in age-qualified communities is growing.