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Urban Infill

AIA: Demand for High-Density Development Is Down

For the first time in four years, a quarterly survey indicates “market saturation in urban areas.”

January 11, 2018 - Builder

Master Planned Communities

California's Inland Empire Ready to Build Again

As an article in Builder puts it: the 'Inland Empire Strike Back' with a large new masterplanned community in Riverside County. This region, hit particularly hard by the housing crash of the Great Recession looks ready pick up where it left off.

May 20, 2017 - Builder

Infill Development is Key to Meeting California's Emission Reduction Law

If California is going to meet the new, steep emissions reductions required by a law passed last September, one of the most effective strategies will be to promote infill housing, according to a new report from University of California at Berkeley.

April 8, 2017 - Builder

Atlanta

Where a Higher Transit Score Means Higher Property Values

A Redfin analysis reveals the U.S. metro area where access to transit translates most directly to property value.

March 21, 2017 - Builder

Arizona Suburb

Ranking the Country's Hottest Suburban Housing Markets

A new Realtor.com study used the company's "Market Hotness Index" to find the parts of the country with rising demand and fast moving supply.

February 14, 2017 - Builder

North Dakota

How to Build Healthy Homes

Home builders are figuring out that there is plenty of demand for healthy systems in home construction. This article even says that healthy homes are the "next big thing."

December 29, 2016 - Builder

Audubon Park, New Orleans

Ranking the American Cities with the Most Parkland Per Household

While we often talk about the places that are park poor, Builder Online has done the data crunching to find out which cities are park rich.

October 18, 2015 - Builder

Homebuilders Consider What Will Get Gen Y to Buy

Teresa Burney reports on PulteGroup's new marketing services geared towards understanding the Gen Y demographic as new potential homeowners.

July 11, 2012 - Builder

When a Project Lender Goes Under, A Developer Decides to Go Green

In Atlanta, plans called for a five-building development in the suburb of Dunwoody. With only three buildings completely built, the Providence Group decided to turn the undeveloped land into a park.

October 14, 2011 - Builder

85 New Homes to be Built on Redeveloped Land in San Francisco Bay Area.

The New Home Company intends to build 85 homes on land that has become "dilapidated and vandalized." The land has been target for a redevelopment process which is located in Marin County.

October 10, 2011 - Builder

Urban Infill a New Target for Modular Homebuilders

Urban infill housing is becoming a major part of business for large homebuilders, even those building modular homes.

August 31, 2011 - Builder

More Renters Means Fewer Affordable Options

A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) says that the number of Americans spending more than 50% of their income on housing is at an all-time high.

May 11, 2011 - Builder

Interview With 'Sustainability Czar' Shelley Poticha

OK, there is no such czar, but now that Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities is established, why not be creative? Poticha is former CEO of Reconnecting America, and before that, Congress for the New Urbanism.

February 25, 2010 - Builder

Changing Preferences for Aging Boomers

A survey of Baby Boomers finds an increasing willingness to move after retirement, and the new tipping point for "old age".

February 5, 2010 - Builder

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HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research

Call for Speakers

Mpact Transit + Community

New Updates on PD&R Edge

HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research

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