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By Marisa Mendez Copyright © 2016 Hanley Wood Media, Inc. All rights reserved. American consumers paid $5.92 billion more than necessary for softwood lumber, according to a Viewpoint published today by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI)....

By Kelsey Ramírez HousingWire Copyright © 2006-2016 HW Media, LLC. All rights reserved.   Families seeking to buy a home are struggling with the rising home prices in today’s housing market.   Across 40 large cities in...

  By Gail MarksJarvis Copyright © 2016, Chicago Tribune   The McMansion style, built between 2001 and 2007 and averaging 3,000 to 5,000 square feet, lacks appeal with today's buyers compared with old vintage homes or large fresh...

By Emily Peiffer Copyright © 2016 Industry Dive. All rights reserved The housing market has been slowly climbing out of the Great Recession, and it still has a long way to go before reaching what are considered normal production levels. Thi...

By Michael Neal Copyright © 2016 National Association of Home Builders In its quarterly National Delinquency Survey, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported that 3.11% of 1-4 family mortgages were seriously delinquent in the second quar...

  Editor’s note: This excerpt was taken from an article published in the Washington Post Second homes, often called “granny flats,” have become a new front in the conflict that pits the need for more housing in the country’s most ...