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Government Orders PayPal to Pay $25 Million Fine Over Credit Service
Many remodelers and other small businesses use PayPal to let their clients pay online. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleges that…
5 Steps to Improve Your Networking Skills
Knowing your community is a great marketing and sales advantage remodelers should invest in. Entrepreneur contributor Sean Kim gives tips on how to…
Economy: Existing Home Sales Activity Picks Up in North America
Strength in the existing home sale sector is good news for remodelers
Energy: Current Solar Technology Enough for Clean Energy Future
A new study out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology contends that solar technology today is already good enough, a rebuttal to popular…
Sales: Desire for New Amenities Push Homeowners to Remodel
Most homeowners remodel with their comfort in mind first, but more homeowners are remodeling to increase home's value
Design: A Tour of America’s Most Daring Homes
British design web magazine Dezeen selects a collection of what it calls “the most impressive examples of American residential architecture.”
The…
Energy Efficient Features Commonly Used by Remodelers
A survey conducted by the NAHB found that remodelers rank low-e windows as the most commonly used green feature in projects.
Nearly nine out of 10…
Building Science: Continuous Insulation and Punched Openings for Walls and Windows
Building science expert Joseph Lstiburek discusses the physics of a continuous water, air, vapor, and heat control layer between walls and windows.…
Energy: The Bladeless Future of Wind Power
Building designers usually want to avoid vorticity, which Wired defines as an “aerodynamic effect that produces a pattern of spinning vortices.” But…
Design: Houzz Reviews the Latest Door Trends
In the words of Houzz contributor Laura Gaskill, “a just-right front door or interior door is a finishing touch that can really make a home sing.”…