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Nominate Your Main Street for Online Contest

Whether your local Main Street is already established or is in great need of a makeover, a new online contest promises to liven up one of America’s Main Streets and allows the country to have a hand in making it happen. On …

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Fab Labs: Workspaces for the Creative DIYer

Fab Labs

Here is a way to promote DIY projects that you may want to investigate: Fab Labs. The concept is part of a movement to provide everyday people, often in lower-income areas of the U.S., with access to laboratories for tinkering …

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Going Mini With the Tiny House Trend

Tiny Home Trend

If you’ve watched home design shows or you’ve browsed through Pinterest much, you may have seen examples of the homes attracting varying types of homeowners to the tiny house movement. According to The Tiny Life, a resource for people seeking information on tiny living, …

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Housing Trends to Reflect Millennial Preferences

housing

Millennials are expected to start strongly impacting housing trends, with their preferences showing up in emphases on energy efficiency, smart home technology, workable kitchens and more casual spaces, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Better Homes and Gardens. …

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International Builders’ Show Features Technology

International Builders' Show

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) welcomed guests from around the world to the annual International Builders’ Show (IBS) during Design & Construction Week, held January 19-21 in Las Vegas. Those in attendance had the chance to walk through exhibitor booths …

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Home Builders and Designers Gather in Las Vegas

International Builders' Show

Home builders, designers and manufacturers all flocked to the Las Vegas Convention Center yesterday to kick off Design & Construction Week. Founding partners the National Association of Home Builders and the National Kitchen and Bath Association are co-locating the International Builders’ Show® …

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They Would If They Could: Millennials on Homebuying

The majority of millennials are renters, not homeowners — but a new survey shows they would buy houses if they could. According to Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME), a quarterly consumer survey released by the National Association of Realtors for the …

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Holiday Spending Grows — Especially Online

Holiday Shopping

Paying for more experiences and shopping with cash saved at the gas pump were among the reasons for an uptick in holiday spending in 2015. Overall spending jumped 7.9 percent from the previous year, according to the MasterCard SpendingPulse report. This …

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