smaller homes

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.

The challenge for builders these days is making less real estate seem like more -- less square footage for less cash, while retaining a feeling of spaciousness. Builder magazine recently spotlighted 10 communities where making do with less -- less than 2,000 square feet, to be exact -- is...

A recent WalletPop post on the trend toward smaller homes prompted lively debate, and its associated poll, asking whether you were considering downsizing for financial reasons, currently shows "yes" nosing ahead of "no." Fewer rooms, less square footage and, often, less storage mean paring back, a...

The National Association of Home Builders reported in McPaper that the size of new McMansions in the third quarter shrunk to 2,438 square feet from 2,629 in the second quarter. If you do the math, that's the equivalent of a 200-square-foot den.In some households, I guess that could be a crisis. But...