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Unfinished Business

If you like good news, 2013 had it.

Homebuilders tout benefits of green design

Nobody thinks about saving a rain forest as a result of “green building” techniques, but they might think about saving more than $1,000 a year on utility bills, a Las Vegas homebuilding executive said.

Get It While It’s Hot

NEW YORK — Jillian Lung says she’s no environmentalist. Still, she couldn’t pass up a chance to install a carpet of solar panels atop her co-op in Queens.

Lobbyist pushes to extend homebuyer tax credit

Realtors lobbyist Jerry Giovaniello thinks he has better than a 50-50 chance of getting Congress to extend the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers past its Dec. 1 deadline.

Pulte development with ‘green’ features showing success

Maybe it’s the price point. Perhaps it’s the environmentally friendly construction. Or it might just be the new floor plans. For whatever reason, Villa Trieste, a new-home neighborhood that Pulte Homes opened Jan. 10 in Summerlin, posted the same number of sales in its first two weeks as most new-home communities can expect to sign in a month.

New neighborhood features solar-power units

The latest new-home community from Pulte Homes includes solar-power systems as a standard item in every home at Villa Trieste in Summerlin.