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Harvard index estimates remodeling will slow next year. (Photo: Emrah Avci, Dreamstime)

Slower remodeling growth expected in 2019

Rising interest rates and flat sales will contribute to a remodeling ‘pinch,’ according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Benchmarking against similar buildings can provide the impetus for continued improvement in building performance. (Photo: Kengmerry, Dreamstime)

Benchmarking against similar buildings can provide the impetus for continued improvement in building performance.

The Jacksons received this mortgage-free home courtesy of Meritage Homes and Operation Homefront. (Photo: Meritage)

The mortgage-free home is part of an effort to build strong, stable military families.

Denver's new green roof ordinance could increase green space in the city by up to 3.5 million square feet by 2050. (Photo: JF123, Dreamstime)

Denver City Council unanimously passed a green roof ordinance to replace the November 2017 initiative approved by voters.

The TEACH Construction Initiative will focus on larger industry labor challenges.

The Colorado Homebuilding Academy’s Michael Smith recently started a new position as the founder and director of the TEACH Construction

Take advantage of marketing, offsite construction and zero-energy training sessions next month.

The number of units authorized fell in August, but sales and starts increased.

New single-family home sales increased 3.5% to 629,000 in August, according to preliminary data released Sept. 26 by the U.S.

With system-built homes, entire rooms are finished off site and craned in. (Photo: Modular Sure Site)

High-tech building processes have clear benefits for builders.

TrueLook, a construction jobsite camera provider, announced in early August that it has integrated with Autodesk BIM 360.

In the West, home sizes have fallen only slightly.

New home sizes in the West have been relatively stable