Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Where can you buy a rehabbed 1919 Arts and Crafts home with an updated kitchen, new energy-efficient windows and charming wood built-ins for $125,000?
The Home of the Month program is a partnership between the Star Tribune and the Minnesota chapter of the American Institute of Architects. It features architect-designed houses selected by a jury of experts. The houses represent a range of prices, styles and locations.
Minneapolis data crunchers find success and a new revenue stream explaining housing numbers in easy-to-digest formats.
A St. Paul architect's second-story addition captures the connected-to-nature feeling of a rooftop patio but with a distinctly modern edge.
A day after a report showed monthly residential building permits increased 49 percent in January over year-ago figures, a new report shows further signs of life in new home construction.
The housing bust and tax credit helped these fixed-income retirees buy their first house.
Most home-related businesses have been pinched by the economic downturn, but some architects and upscale showrooms are fighting back by hosting wine-and-cheese receptions, offering informational seminars or relying on price cuts to draw customers.