Residential Tuesday 2007.1002

Tue Oct 2 20:42:08 PDT 2007

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Dominating this week's news are several dimensions of affordable housing
issues in the United Kingdom and continuing analysis of the latest
Department of Commerce figures for the U.S. housing market.

Residential Design and Building News
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Break Out of the Box - Affordable Housing Finance, 2020.0709
http://www.housingfinance.com/ahf/articles/2007/sept/BREAK0907.htm

Building Chief Calls on Brown to Tackle First-Time Buyer Crisis - Telegraph, 2007.1002
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/10/02/bcnhouse102.xml

¤500m Makeover for Crime-Ridden Housing Estate - Independent (Ireland), 2007.1001
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/8364500m-makeover-for-crimeridden-housing-estate-1092854.html

Chicago: It's a Bungalow Out There - Chicagoist, 2007.1001
http://chicagoist.com/2007/10/01/chicago_its_a_b.php

Swiss Seething over Great Castle Sell-Off - Telegraph, 2007.1001
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/30/wcastle130.xml

Living in Style in Shipping Containers - Best Syndication, 2007.1001
http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q=100107_manufactured_homes_shipping_container.htm

Urban Renaissance in US Cities - Joburg, 2007.1001
http://www.joburg.org.za/citichat/2007/oct1_citichat39.stm

Ministers Pay £450,000 to Flatten Terraced Home - The Times (London), 2007.0930
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2558168.ece

When Downtown Is in the Suburbs - New York Times, 2007.0930
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/realestate/30nati.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

The Future Face of Infill Housing - Toronto Star, 2007.0930
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/261922

Building Fees Can Put Home Out of Reach - Cincinnati Enquirer, 2007.0930
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070930/LIFE08/709300301/1079

>From Scrap to Showhome - Financial Times, 2007.0929
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ca9a522-6e64-11dc-b818-0000779fd2ac.html

Pre-Fab Homes, Just Like That - Telegraph, 2007.0929
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/09/30/pmikano130.xml

Second Homes Face Price Fall - Financial Times, 2007.0929
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8c0c580-6e63-11dc-b818-0000779fd2ac.html

US August Construction Spending Up 0.2 Pct; Home Building Falls 1.5 Pct - Forbes, 2007.0928
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/09/28/afx4167112.html

The Government's Big Push on Housing - BBC News, 2007.0927
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7014484.stm

Housing Weighing Heavily on Market - Kitchen & Bath Design News, 2007.0927
http://www.kitchenbathdesign.com/print/Kitchen-and-Bath-Design-News/Housing-Weighing-Heavily-on-Market/2$4128

Little Appetite for McMansions - Boston Globe, 2007.0926
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/26/little_appetite_for_mcmansions/

Troubled Home Builders Turn to Layoffs - BusinessWeek, 2007.0926
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8RTCV4O0.htm

Too Much Pressure - The Times (London), 2007.0923
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/investment/article2497882.ece

Alan Greenspan Warns of UK House Prices Drop - Telegraph, 2007.0918
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/09/17/cngrspan117.xml

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This Week's Quiz -	
	House sizes around the world have been increasing even as
	family sizes have been shrinking. As of the mid-1990s,
	the average family size in the United States was four,
	according to a report from the United Nations, while the
	average size of a new U.S. home was 1,600 square feet
	(150 square meters). At that time, only one of the
	following had a larger average new house size. Was it
	Japan, Kuwait, Israel, or Great Britain?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	We all know a dollar today does not buy what a dollar
	bought 100 years ago.  Imagine what portion of a house
	$100 would have bought in 1907 for your great-grandfather.  
	Now take a guess: about how much would that portion of 
	house cost if constructed in the U.S. today?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/answer.html

Classic Home 074 - Mill Valley Straw Bale House by Arkin Tilt Architects
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