Lower interest rates helped make homes more affordable to median-income families even as house prices continued to inch up in metro areas across the country in the third quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), released today.

Legendary entertainment industry leader, Michael Eisner was announced today as the keynote speaker for the 2013 NAHB International Builders Show(r) (IBS), the housing industry's largest annual trade show and exhibition.

Nova LifeStyle Inc., a rapidly growing U.S. based designer, manufacturer and global distributor of urban contemporary furniture, today announced another quarter of record sales in its third quarter ended September 30, 2012.

Marc Thee, founder of Marc-Michaels Interior Design, ranked in 2012 by Interior Design Magazine as the No. 1 residential design firm in the United States, has launched a new collection of home furnishings available exclusively at Altogether Home.

The Peninsula Plywood mill, which closed for good in November 2011 after piling up a mountain of public debt, is scheduled to be torn down beginning late next month.

Chromcraft Revington, Inc. reported its results for the third quarter of 2012.

There are many wood characteristics that can affect drumstick performance and sound.