In this section we’ve gathered a variety of resources to provide you with valuable, unbiased information about buying, financing, building, maintaining or remodeling your home.
  
Financing Your New Home or Remodeling Project
Choosing the right financing option will help make your building or remodeling experience a fun and exciting time. Resources and information are presented here to help.
Why Buy Now
Let us tell you why.
Why Buy New
A new home offers so much more than ever before. Read why new homes are better.
Why Remodel
Love your neighborhood? Get all the benefits of new in your current home. Learn more here.
Market Information
Get the latest information on the Twin Cities residential housing market:
About the Labor Market
Find Your Legislative District Here
Home Maintenance
Taking care of your home is the best way to maintain your home’s value. Here you’ll find step-by-step instruction to help you perform regular maintenance and trouble shoot problems, plus monthly emailed reminders.
New Home Performance Standards
This easy-to-read checklist describes basic performance standards for residential construction.
Builders Outreach Foundation
Members of the Parade of Homes ® and the Builders Association of the Twin Cities work to support homeownership for those in need through our charitable foundation. Learn more here.
Green Building and Remodeling
If you want to go green, look first to our brand new green building and
remodeling certification program, Minnesota's Green Path. This new program
provides each home owner with a revolutionary new Home Performance Report
defining the specific green and energy saving features included in their
home, plus a graphic representation of exactly where the home is located on
the "green path" or the green continuum from a leaky older home, to a new
home built to MN building/energy code, all the way to a zero energy/total
green home. Learn more here.
House Keys Newsletter
Subscribe to this free e-newsletter from the National Association of Home Builders for helpful household hints and tips from builders, remodelers and product manufacturers from across the country, as well as the latest in home building techniques, design concepts, and new ideas for your home, apartment, townhouse or condo.
Special Tax Incentives
The federal and state government offers a number of incentives for home buyers and home owners. Learn more here.
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