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Eight outstanding green-building professionals are under consideration for the 2013 award, which includes a $50,000 prize, from The Hanley Foundation, ECOHOME, and BUILDER.
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The National Association of Home Builders and Frank Gehry are just a few among many embracing green and sustainable practices on a grand scale.
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Fresh off a heady IPO in February, TRI Pointe Homes isn't wasting time getting its new-found capital into an investment position in opportunistic flashes. Here the deal is for 76 lots in San Mateo.
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Ask a builder whether the year-long good-news run in housing is sustainable and he or she will likely say, "it's better than it was, but it could still go either way."
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In addition to water savings, the new products boast improved technology to keep units cleaner.
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According to payroll company ADP and their partner Moody's Analytics, the construction industry fared better in April than it did in March, adding 15,000 new jobs last month. Professional services added 20,000 jobs, fewer than the 39,000 added in March.
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Suppliers say life-cycle assessments give a truer picture of a product's cradle-to-grave iimpact.
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Colorado builders had hoped for some legal cover for transit-oriented development projects.
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The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities rose 9.3% year-on-year, eclipsing Wall Street analysts' consensus, and heralding another strong tide of homeowners' return to equity after years of struggling underwater on their mortgages. Still, Case-Shiller is a catalyst, not a cause in...
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Once again, it's a critical jobs data week, and the focus lately has been on Americans leaving the labor force in unprecedented numbers. But the trend has more to do with retiring baby boomers than frustrated job seekers abandoning their searches. The Wall Street Journal's Ben Casselman reports...