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Luxury appliances are looking to their hardened commercial counterparts for inspiration while finishes for food-prep areas are becoming softer and smoother to meet the growing trend toward opening up floor plans and making the kitchen [READ MORE]

46th Annual DMAAR Banquet It may have been nippy outside when the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors® met for its 46th annual banquet on January 22, but inside, the place was rocking with good [READ MORE]

Updated kitchens incorporate features and functions associated with traditional living spaces, remove boundaries between kitchen and rest of home. Homeowners are renovating their kitchens to create a “super kitchen” that not only serves multiple purposes [READ MORE]

Local home builders give their perspectives on the coming year. There’s something about beginning a new year that makes us all want to reevaluate our lives, our work, and our future. The start of a [READ MORE]

Residential construction remains industry of entrepreneurs. Based on recently released 2012 Economic Census data, new NAHB research shows that residential construction remains the industry of independent entrepreneurs with 81 percent of home builders and specialty [READ MORE]