Making Sure Your Central Air Unit is Ready for Action
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Making Sure Your Central Air Unit is Ready for Action As temperatures rise, our thermostats get lowered. Make sure your Central Air Unit system is up for the challenge…
How to Have a More Functional Home
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How to Have a More Functional Home (Family Features)–Turning your home into the living space of your dreams takes effort and commitment, but while the weather is warm and…
Home Starts Up 10.8 Percent in 2015
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Home Starts Up 10.8 Percent in 2015 Total housing starts were up in 2015, weighing in at 1.11 million—that's 10.8 percent higher than 2014. This information is based on the Census Bureau's recent December 2015 data release, which allows us to look at 2015's starts as a whole. Despite December being slightly down-- 2.5 percent to 1.15 million—the yearly status overall was positive. “Starts were expected to increase in December because of the unseasonably warm weather, but instead they declined,” says realtor.com® Chief Economist Jonathan Smoke. “However, the monthly change was not statistically significant – the monthly data was too thin and noisy to give a clear reading. Even the year-over-year change in the December reading was not statistically significant. Starts were up 11 percent in 2015, and up in all regions but the Midwest, but single-family starts were up in all regions. Single-family construction finally grew at a double digit pace, nearly matching multi-family.”