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“Home is where the heart is.” We have heard that description of “home” countless times in our lives. We have seen it painted on kitchen plaques and embroidered on couch pillows. It sounds like the epitome of Americana, born from sweet American sentimentality. But it is not a uniquely American […]
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Fall is finally here. During autumn we would prefer to think about how nice the changing leaves on the trees look, about the big football game this Saturday, or about spending festive holidays with family and friends. But this year many of us share one primary thought—thank goodness it’s fall, […]
Coronavirus has Americans working, learning and living entirely from home. And self-quarantine has accelerated existing plans to move. The pandemic has changed a lot about our society, including what buyers are looking for in new home comfort. Home sales in the US reached a 13-year high in June and homebuilding […]
Scott Lackey, Warranty Performance Supervisor I have been involved in the residential construction industry in one form or another my entire life. As a teen, I worked as a gopher for my father John’s and my uncle Patrick’s construction company, Lacko Construction, a new-home builder. My father and uncle taught […]
I don’t want to insult anyone’s intelligence, but there’s a misunderstanding that has come up more than once, and we need to make things clear: Builders Risk does not insure your liability to members of the public. Clear as mud, right? Well, don’t shoot the messenger. Whoever came up with […]
Tifanee McCall is a longtime member of the Building Systems Councils (BSC) and a major advocate of the systems-built housing industry. She has been a member of NAHB for nearly 30 years and BSC member for over a decade. It is no surprise that due to her dedication to NAHB […]
A year ago, few of us who are not health professionals had thought much about pandemics, and none of us had heard of or even contemplated anything called Covid-19. Now people in every corner of the world have been adversely affected by this invisible enemy, as the Covid-19 pandemic has […]
In the first quarter of 2019, over 400,000 homes in the U.S. were LEED certified. To join in on this amazing cause, try practicing green building or green home remodeling. An eco-home is one that’s friendly to the environment. In this case, the environment stands for soil, atmosphere, people living […]