Month: November 2023

Porches on New Homes as Popular as Ever Porches have been a popular home feature, consistently ranking in the top 10 in the NAHB surveys of recent and prospective home buyers published in What Home Buyers Really Want. Read More Eye On Housing https://eyeonhousing.org/2023/11/porches-on-new-homes-as-popular-as-ever/

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Why D.R. Horton and Other Home Builder Stocks Are Defying Gravity Home builder stocks have been on a tear this year as the grim market for existing homes pushed buyers to new construction. D.R. Horton’s solid earnings and 2024 outlook… Read More Barrons https://www.barrons.com/articles/dr-horton-home-builder-stocks-53ad6e5c

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Update: Lumber Prices Down Slightly YoY LBR is currently at $530.50 per 1000 board feet, down 1% from $535.00 a year ago. Read More Calculated Risk https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2023/11/update-lumber-prices-down-slightly-yoy.html

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Newly Constructed Energy-Efficient Home KB announced the grand opening of Matthews Ridge, its latest new-home community in Lillington. These new homes are designed for the way people live today, with popular design. Read More Business Wire https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231102788730/en/KB-Home-Announces-the-Grand-Opening-of-Its-Newest-Community-in-Popular-Lillington-North-Carolina

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Toward Sustainable Construction: Preparing Liquefied Stabilized Soil From Construction Sludge Liquefied stabilized soil (LSS) is made with construction waste and used for filling and backfilling long, confined spaces where traditional compaction is difficult… Read More Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231101134758.htm

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9 Energy-Efficient Homes That Keep Heating Costs Down If you’re fed up with high heating bills and don’t want to be left in the cold, the answer is either to boost your existing home’s energy efficiency or move to one with a better energy performance certificate (EPC) rating… Read More Source (CBS, Forbes, etc…) https://finance.yahoo.com/news/property-9-energy-efficient-homes-keep-heating-costs-down-060020101.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAM2ub7rfyJRaXFqIT7M3pW1DFsKoWTEdnvTPOBAWhVOLke96V9xAslLAGNQfoTJOj62Sk2bvJi7bCbWLzLI1nabQrK3QEAzO3wsndHB5ZDqix6zjSgLbo-_dY14-FzPGfRhNhR9RcoUsK8ZZ1_p0eX10VRuwXNCcD_b4m27VGfTN

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How to Weatherize for Winter New Yorkers are no stranger to layering up when temperatures dip below freezing. Preparing for winter applies to homes and businesses, too, by way of weatherization… Read More Nyserda New York https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Featured-Stories/How-to-Weatherize-for-Winter

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Building Green: Sustainable Construction in Emerging Markets How developing countries meet their rising building needs will be pivotal to the world’s climate future. The good news is that the projected emissions growth in construction value chains can be reduced significantly… Read More Open Knowledge https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/2a5b0916-8e99-482d-a313-858de9971b00

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WoodWorks Summit Shaping the Future of Sustainable Construction The growing prevalence of wood construction in Canada and around the world is the result of many factors. Chief among them are wood’s environmental characteristics, which are directly in line with the drive… Read More The Architect https://www.canadianarchitect.com/adwire-post/page/6795/

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Florida Developers Pioneer Resilient, Eco-Friendly Homes Amid Rising Hurricane Threat Climate change is increasing billion-dollar disasters, many of them from intensifying hurricanes. Some housing developers are building homes with an eye toward making them more resilient to such… Read More Gulf Live https://www.gulflive.com/news/2023/11/florida-developers-pioneer-resilient-eco-friendly-homes-amid-rising-hurricane-threat.html

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