Danielle Andrus, Author at Colorado Builder Magazine

Retrofitting a passive home

The best time to design a passive house is before construction starts, but retrofitting a home to the passive standard isn’t impossible.

The passive house standard is ideal for Colorado to help builders construct homes that keep their clients comfortable, come snow or sun.

Although Hispanic homebuyers have increased over the past decade, Zillow found, wealth gaps persist for Latino and Latina buyers.

This year has been hard, with changing pandemic safety requirements and future uncertainty. Here’s to a productive — and calmer

The pandemic drove an increase in homeowners undertaking DIY remodeling projects in 2020, but JCHS predicts that it won’t last.

Homeowners’ bathroom design choices in 2020 were heavily influenced by COVID-19, with high-tech, low-touch features ruling the day.

A new online platform aims to connect trade laborers with contractors and builders looking for skilled workers. TraLaMa (the Trade

Construction had the sad distinction of leading in workplace fatalities in 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The events of 2020 are likely to have a lasting effect. Builders should take note of these design predictions for 2021.

At the NAR Real Estate Forecast Summit, experts share why this recession is so different and why rising home prices aren’t stopping buyers.