Growth in home sales and prices is contributing to a broader improvement in the overall economy, aided in part by current homeownership tax treatment, according to presentations at a residential real estate forum during the Realtors Midyear ...
Tags: Housing, Economy, Construction&Decoration, mortgage interest
Google, attempting to build its reputation as an enterprise and developer-focused cloud computing provider, today said its cloud platform is open for anyone to sign up for, and can be used with a new by-the-minute billing scheme. Google ...
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Google kicks off its I/O developer conference next Wednesday and if there's one thing that could steal the limelight from Android, Chrome and all the other Google projects, it's Glass. Glass is a head-mounted computer worn like regular ...
There is definitely a positive upward trend in residential home building. After years of weak demand for new construction, builders in most regions of the country are finally seeing more activity, bidding more work and signing more ...
Tags: Hardwood Flooring, Oak Flooring, Construction&Decoration
Russ Leslie, associate director and professor at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer, along with Leora Radetsky, research scientist, and Aaron Smith, former research specialist, have been awarded the prestigious Leon Gaster Award ...
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes improved three points to a 44 reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for May, released recently. This gain, from a ...
Floor tiles make a huge difference in the appearance of your house. Great looking floor tile designs can give a classic touch to the interiors. Well coordinated walls and furnishings gracing the classy flooring will complete the perfect ...
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There once was a time when homeowners could either have hardwood floors or they couldn’t. There certainly wasn’t any middle ground. Oh, sure, there were hardwood flooring substitutes like vinyl flooring and, more recently, ...
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As traditional building materials are becoming increasingly expensive, homeowners have opted for new kinds of building materials that have a more reliable supply and can perform at the same level, if not actually exceed, the more ...
Bathtub caulking is no rocket science with the advanced and variety of sealants and adhesives available in the market today. Caulking means making something watertight. It functions as both, a sealant as well as a strong and flexible ...
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When it comes time to settle on a flooring material, many homeowners are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of options available to them. In addition to long standing materials such as stone, carpet, and vinyl, there are now choices to include ...
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You know you don’t want to install vinyl flooring in your home. Carpeted floors are too much of a hassle in terms of upkeep, and laminate floors just don’t quite pull off the look you’re going for. No, you know you want to ...
Tags: Solid Hardwood Floor, OAK Flooring
A growing trend among industrial companies is to develop strategies for giving priority to specific customer sectors rather than types of products. European companies offering both coatings and speciality chemicals have been becoming ...
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Seagate Technology today announced its new portfolio of solid-state drives (SSDs) -- including its first consumer model for laptops -- and a new PCIe flash card. The new 2.5-in drive series includes the consumer-class Seagate 600 SSD, the ...
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It's never been wise to play around with lead paint, the kind kicked up during the renovation of homes built before 1978. Nowadays, doing so can be costly in more ways than one, as the Environmental Protection Agency continues to fine ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, EPA