Businessweek.com and Zillow.com recently released a list of 32 of the smallest towns in the United States with the highest home values. The results of the list were determined by locating the towns in the U.S. with the highest median home sale prices and the smallest year-round population per Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Topping the list is Hidden Hills, Calif. With a population of 2,037 and a median home sale price of $2,490,163, this Los Angeles County town is predominately made up of residential communities. Not far behind with a median home price of $2,488,987, Water Mill, N.Y. has a population of 1,872. 

Other towns that appear on the list include Kenilworth, Ill., Chilmark, Mass., Haleiwa, Hawaii, Far Hills, N.J. and Stinson Beach, Calif.

To learn about the rest of the small towns on the list, click here

—Shari Barbanel

For those interested in "going green," the answers are now comfortably just a mouse click away. Eco Home Resource, a new web site devoted to green living, can now help you find healthy products for the home, as well as your nearest ecologically friendly home cleaning service, insulation contractor or landscape designer.

 www.EcoHomeResource.com features more than 3,000 environmentally friendly products and services for the home, as well as articles, interviews and pod casts with industry experts, such as HGTV eco-friendly landscape designer, Cynthia Kiktavi and sustainable architect and author, Kelly Lerner. A powerful search feature sorts this database by specific category as well as zip code and state proximity. Secure on-line shopping is also available through the site’s Eco-Shop.

Eco Home Resource uses official third-party certification programs to evaluate the effectiveness of a product as well as its environment-friendliness. Some of these well-respected certifications include those by the Carpet & Rug Institute, National Fenestration Rating Council, Green Seal and Green Guard, Co-op America, and Energy Star.

Eco Home Resource also showcases experts in a variety of fields, such as Feng Shui, color theory, aromatherapy, sound and light design, and space arrangement. A news filter channels current news stories from credible media outlets around the world, reporting on environmental news.
—Robert Burke