Residential Tuesday 2008.0318

Tue Mar 18 22:31:38 PDT 2008

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Residential Design and Building News
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Housing starts decline, but top estimates - CNN Money, 2008.0318
Single-family dwellings reach a 17-year low as market slump continues
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/18/real_estate/housing_starts/index.htm

Gov't set to loosen capital collars - CNN Money, 2008.0318
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-23838263.htm

Wolseley Profits Slump in Tough Housing Market - The Times (London), 2008.0318
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article3571468.ece

Gribanovo Residents Won't Be in the Rough - Moscow Times, 2008.0318
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2008/03/18/052.html

Global House Price Inflation Was 8.2% in 2007 - Finfacts, 2008.0318
http://www.finfacts.com/irishfinancenews/article_1012916.shtml

Neutra's VDL House; V. Hard Times - Archinect, 2008.0317
http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=72721_0_23_0_M

Construction of Low-Income Housing Drags in HCM City - Vietnam Net, 2008.0317
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2008/03/773819/

Virtues of the Short Sale - New York Times, 2008.0316
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/realestate/16wczo.html?ref=realestate

A Fertile Imagination - New York Times, 2008.0316
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/03/16/style/t/index.html#pageName=16haeg

Lowball Offers on the Rise - New York Times, 2008.0316
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/realestate/16cov.html?_r=1&ref=realestate&oref=slogin

Machines for Living - New York Times, 2008.0316
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/03/16/style/t/index.html#pageName=16ruizw

Where Leasing Beats Selling - New York Times, 2008.0316
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/realestate/16njzo.html?ref=realestate

Terrible Rumble, and Then Chaos as Crane Fell - New York Times, 2008.0316
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/nyregion/16scene.html?em&ex=1205812800&en=13e4bb98b70e0179&ei=5087%0A

Atlanta Tornado's Damage Hurts Business - Associated Press, 2008.0316
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJef9x8MoNwhcKq4psD-GUJZwkQAD8VEREPO2

Foundation Rescues Miller House - Lexington Herald-Leader, 2008.0315
http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/347527.html

Nineteen Projects Take Top AIA 2008 Housing Awards - AIArchitect, 2008.0314
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0314/0314d_housing.cfm

Urban Housing Approvals on the Fast Track - Brisbane Times, 2008.0314
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/urban-housing-approvals-on-the-fast-track/2008/03/13/1205126107096.html

The Prefab Gets a Makeover - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0313
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-prefab13mar13,0,5705139.story

McBacklash: Homes Get Smaller, McMansions Out, Thanks to Economy, Aging Population - Canadian Press, 2008.0313
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hjjPCaukg-XIMGFbPUjYA4b2naWg

Ecoterror Attack Brings Rural Housing Issue to the Forefront - HeraldNet, 2008.0313
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080313/NEWS01/989865410/1004/SPORTS

Suburban Plannning - Star-Ledger, 2008.0313
http://www.nj.com/living/ledger/index.ssf?/base/living-0/120538658797880.xml&coll=1

Nader Khalili, 72; Architect Developed Techniques for Building Adobe Housing - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0312
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-me-khalili12mar12,1,7645003.story

The House on Queen Anne Avenue - The Stranger, 2008.0311
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=532069

Build Your Dream House Now - CNN, 2008.0310
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/10/real_estate/build_home.moneymag/

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