Home Buying and Wealth-Building: Is Equity Incentive Enough?

In her depth exploration of the current housing market, Nancy Cook of The Atlantic recently asked whether home ownership is still the best way for Americans to build wealth. Her answer: yes, but less so than in previous decades. “Even … Continue reading

NDAA-Based Changes to Subcontracting Rule Will Affect Set-Asides

At the end of December 2014, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule to implement provisions of 2013’s National Defense Authorization Act which require significant modifications to the subcontracting limitations for small business concerns. Specifically, the modifications concern the Limitations … Continue reading

Dallas’ Legacy West Mega-Development Breaks Ground Thursday

The Legacy West mega-development will break ground tomorrow, according to Steven Brown of the Dallas News. This greatly anticipated project, a collaboration between Karahan Companies and Columbus Realty Partners, will occupy 34 acres at the intersection of the Dallas North … Continue reading

Growth in Florida Home Starts for 2014 Despite Land Shortage

The home building rates in Palm Beach and Broward Counties have slowed to a crawl for lack of lots. According to HBWeekly’s market stats reports, Palm Beach County saw 2,132 starts on single-family homes, townhomes, and duplexes in 2014, a … Continue reading

WELL takes the LEED in Building Standards

In only 14 years, LEED has become the worldwide gold standard for eco-friendly, energy-efficient construction, but it hasn’t made the same strides in human health-consciousness.  Delos Corporation aims to change that with its release of the latest version of the … Continue reading

D. R. Horton’s Express Strategy Shift

Development giant D. R. Horton’s latest quarterly results, these numbers are a strong indicator that the U.S. homebuilding industry is shifting in ways that will benefit the national economy, even if the trend does irk investors. By market closing on … Continue reading

Free Tutorial Primer on LEEDv4

As we here at HBW have blogged about before, the LEEDv4 standards are significantly more complex than the current LEED 2009 standards. The complexities are so significant that the USGBC extended its deadline for the standards changeover until 2016. One … Continue reading

Trammell Crow Building 3 Mixed-Use Developments in Dallas

As HBW subscribers in Dallas already know,  Trammell Crow will be very busy building mixed-use mega developments in Dallas throughout 2015. Last week, Trammell Crow finally revealed their majestic Uptown high-rise project. The 3-acre mixed-use project is being built in … Continue reading

2015 Home Remodeling Trends

Though the economy continues its upward climb, credit lending standards are still pretty tight, which means a lot of folks will be remodeling instead of buying new homes in 2015. With the growing number of folks looking to remodel, it’s … Continue reading