CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A new study shows something many homeowners already feel — traffic noise can hurt home values. Researchers looked at what happens when cities build sound barriers along busy highways ...

Silence really is golden — and homeowners are willing to pay more for it. Specifically, when traffic noise fades, home values tend to creep up. A new academic study by the National Bureau of Academic ...

GRAND CHUTE - Nine noise barriers will be installed along Interstate 41 through the Fox Valley as part of the expansion project. Over 800 households voted earlier this year on whether noise barriers ...

How much more money are homeowners willing to pay for a house with less traffic noise? According to a recent study, a lot. Researchers analyzed home prices for nearly 600,000 properties in Florida ...

There's no question that noise from cars, trucks and motorcycles traveling Interstate 26 creates a steady din that bothers many living in North Charleston's Northwood Estates neighborhood, and there's ...

What kind of view is worth $4.2 million to protect? One of the Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati skyline – the Great American Tower with its steel tiara and cylindrical Radisson Hotel Cincinnati ...

Construction on three new noise barriers along Interstate 894 in Greenfield is set to begin in mid-July, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The project is expected to be ...