Market Insights

The Outdoor Design Survey looks at the attitudes of increasingly empowered homeowners.

We asked readers for their thoughts on optimistic forecasts for residential construction in 2011. Here's a roundup of responses. 

The NKBA has reason to believe American taste in kitchen and bath design is shifting away from old, fusty norms.

The American Hardware Manufacturers Association's AHMA Home Improvement Industry Confidence Index’s Current Situation Index improved in December to 291.7 from 208.3 in November (October 2008 = 100), while the Future Expectations Index declined slightly to 224.1 from 256.9 a month earlier.

Findings from GfK's FutureBuy study looks at how the next generation of shoppers combine bricks and clicks.

It looks so simple, from an outsider’s perspective....

A bicentennial celebration sparked a home center's tribute to handy American patriots

In Search of: The Smartest Home in America. To find out where it is, we first must determine what it is. And that's not an easy task.