As we all know, there are a lot of houses on the market that could stand to be remodeled. What if you were to take a leap into the real estate market and buy up these houses? It would be risky, but the rewards could be great. ForResidentialPros.com offers some great tips for this situation: [...]

According to a new survey from the National Association of Home Builders, kitchen and bathrooms continued to lead the way in remodeling projects in 2011 as homeowners decide to stay in their current homes longer. Kitchen and bathrooms are generally the most complex rooms in the house, so it’s only natural homeowners would hire professionals. [...]

Architects are cooking up new business in the kitchen, according to Matthew Strozier at the Wall Street Journal. Citing a recent survey from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Strozier writes that as kitchen areas are growing and becoming more wide open in nature, architects are seeing steady work from homeowners interested in a kitchen [...]

In December, Stacey Freed of Remodeling Magazine profiled four remodeling companies of different sizes and strategies to identify how some are navigating the murky marketplace. Freed participated in a live chat Tuesday at the Integrity Facebook page to share findings about what the best remodeling companies are doing not only to survive, but thrive. When [...]

Green Codes and Red Flags Daily 5 Remodel “Building codes in your jurisdiction: Do you think they go too far or not far enough to encourage energy-efficiency and sustainability?”  NAHB Builder Confidence Index increases in October Calculated Risk “The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports the housing market index (HMI) increased in October to 18 from 14 [...]

It’s nice to be able to choose, right? And it’s good to be able to offer your customers choices — except when it isn’t. Psychologists have long noticed that when people have too many choices, they can become figuratively paralyzed. It’s like choosing a sandwich: Sometimes you just want a selection of well thought-out choices laid out [...]

Usual growth leaders absent from recovery New York Times “Why has the job picture been so bleak in the current recovery? A large part of the problem can be traced to unusual weakness in two categories: construction jobs and government jobs.” 9 tricks for creating a super model HousingZone.com “Believe it or not, if you [...]

Writing for FineHomebuilding.com, blogger and licensed contractor Kia Ricchi shares her thoughts on the importance of creating a sufficiently detailed scope of work for any construction or remodeling project. A well-written scope of work ensures the service provider and the client — and even any specified subcontractors — are all on the same page, she [...]

The Kitchen Sink, and the Remodeling Scoop Daily 5 Remodel “An award-winning kitchen designer at this California design/build firm, a popular blogger, and now an author as well, Kelly Morisseau shares every remodeler’s frustration with a public that often holds the industry to the impossible standards of “reality” TV, down to the bare-bones costs and [...]

Here is an important piece of news for builders, if you haven’t already heard: Builders all over the country are being fined for not properly following the Residential Lead-Based Paint Regulations. Housing Zone has an in-depth article that lists out examples of builders fined for not following these practices. Did you know that the highest [...]