Residential Tuesday 2006.1128

Tue Nov 28 12:01:23 PST 2006

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Residential Tuesday brings you top housing news and analysis 
every week in this free email newsletter from the editors of 
ArchitectureWeek.

The U.S. single-family housing market continues to be soft, 
as if holding its breath for what's next, with 10% of the 
country in an economic downtourn, plus 25% of the country 
in an extended correction, according to the latest analysis 
from the National Association of Realtors, who have just 
released some new numbers today (interesting numbers, 
presented amid an embarassing degree of spin):

http://www.realtor.org/press_room/news_releases/2006/ehs_oct06_existing_home_sales_stabilizing.html

Also interesting to compare with the last U.S. government
figures from a couple of weeks ago, even as spun here by the 
National Association of Homebuilders, who tend to look at an
earlier stage of the pipeline:

http://www.nahb.org/news_details.aspx?sectionID=148&newsID=3628

Residential Design and Building News
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New Homes Must Be Family-Friendly - The Times (London), 2006.1128
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2474799,00.html

Keep Your 'Dwellings' Away from the Greenery - The Times (London), 2006.1128
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2474710,00.html

New Housing Formula Draws Protest from S.F. - Examiner, 2006.1127
http://www.examiner.com/a-421736~New_housing_formula_draws_protest_from_S_F_.html

The New Cottage Industry: Foreclosure Counseling - Voice of San Diego, 2006.1127
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2006/11/27/news/01foreclosure.txt

Habitat Enters Gentrifying Areas - Baltimore Sun, 2006.1127
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-te.bz.habitat27nov27,0,488776.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Mayor Launches Housing Consultation - NewBuilder, 2006.1127
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1708

Huddersfield Green Homes Unveiled - NewBuilder, 2006.1127
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1707

Shuttered Homes, Blighted Blocks - Denver Post, 2006.1127
http://www.denverpost.com/sportscolumnists/ci_4719353

What Happens When House Prices Collapse? - The Times (London), 2006.1127
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2473231,00.html

Housing Affordability Worsens for First-Time Buyers - San Francisco Business Times, 2006.1127
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2006/11/27/daily9.html?surround=lfn

Meeting Housing Needs of Nationals as Fast as Possible - Khaleej Times, 2006.1126
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/November/theuae_November723.xml&section=theuae&col=

New Orleans Still in Need of Housing - Philadelphia Daily News, 2006.1126
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/home/home_improvement/16077382.htm

Moroccan Fund Provides Affordable Housing - Magharebia, 2006.1126
http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2006/11/26/feature-02

A Building Fee-for-All - Los Angeles Times, 2006.1126
http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/la-re-fees26nov26,0,4644232.story?coll=la-class-realestate-news

Where Has New Orleans's Housing Money Gone? - Workers World, 2006.1126
http://www.workers.org/2006/us/new-orleans-1130/

The 400-Square-Foot Dream Home - MSN, 2006.1126
http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Article2.aspx?cp-documentid=1238491&GT1=8800

Affordable Housing a Statewide Problem - Hernando Today (Florida), 2006.1125
http://hernandotoday.com/MGBHMXNHYUE.html

Spanning the Decades - FindaProperty, 2006.1124
http://www.findaproperty.com/displaystory.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&storyid=10325

Vote Could 'Slow' House Building - BBC News, 2006.1123
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6176296.stm

Fresh from the Factory - New York Times, 2006.1122
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/22/realestate/greathomes/22GH-home.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Indy Retains Affordable Housing Title - Indianapolis Star, 2006.1121
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/BUSINESS/611210435/1003

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	True or false? The general rule-of-thumb for moisture
	protection at the building envelope is to provide vapor
	barrier shields on the side of the wall that’s warm in
	the winter.
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     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1115/classic_home.html

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