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Here's some counter-intuitive news: People are buying more home products to fill their smaller abodes. Home furnishings store sales are expected to rise in April, May and June to $23.2 billion, up nearly 8% from a year ago.

It's hard to say if any of the fads of the past decade will be as memorable as, say, the Hula Hoop or Frisbee. But like every decade, the 2000s (which, technically, started in 2001) had its fair share of interesting trends: from risky investment strategies to inexplicable crazes over pieces of...

American homes are shrinking, as people downsize their costs and lives. After years of growth, the Census Bureau says the average size of a new home fell to 2,135 square feet in 2009 after peaking at more than 2,300 earlier in the decade. As it turns out, people have decided they don't really...

Not only did new-home sales plunge to a record low in July, the McMansion market saw no activity whatsoever -- for the second month in a row. An economist says the high-end market "is becoming nonexistent."

A piece in the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly looks at a disturbing trend. With foreclosures on the rise and a glut of new homes, suburban decay is upon us. Once-promising new developments are now full of vacancies, squatters, and gangs.The Atlantic reports that, for the past 60 years,...