Residential Tuesday 2008.0325

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An interesting twist in regard to the most recent realtors report
on US housing sales...

	A record plunge in prices of existing homes produced only
	a modest increase in sales in February, according to the
	latest reading on the battered housing market by an
	industry trade group released Monday.
	
	The National Association of Realtors reported that sales
	by homeowners rose 2.9% in February to a seasonally
	adjusted annual pace of 5.03 million, up from January's
	reading of 4.89 million. It was the first
	month-over-month rise of the annualized pace since July.
	
	"These are signs that housing's problems are being
	addressed, but I wouldn't break out the champagne yet,"
	said Northern Trust chief economist Paul Kasriel. "We
	still have a ways to go."

Home Sales Rise on Biggest-Ever Price Drop - CNN, 2008.0324
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/24/news/economy/existing_home_sales/?postversion=2008032411


Residential Design and Building News
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Homes Plan a 'Bland Recipe' - Stuff, 2008.0325
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4450459a10.html

Consent Changes Set to Help DIY, Multiple Home Builders - Stuff, 2008.0325
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4450351a10.html

Govt's New Housing Bill under Fire - TVNZ, 2008.0325
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1316907/1655267

Early Settlers Bring Dog Trot House Design - Tyler Paper, 2008.0324
http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20080324/NEWS01/803230334

Washington to Do More to Combat Crisis? - BusinessWeek, 2008.0324
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8VJS5D80.htm

Existing Home Sales in U.S. Unexpectedly Increased - Bloomberg, 2008.0324
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=atzjOWZh4RUU&refer=home

Wall St Soars on Revised Bear Offer, Home Sales - Reuters, 2008.0324
http://www.reuters.com/article/etfNews/idUSN2428493720080324

Slump in Housing Spills on Suppliers - Baltimore Sun, 2008.0324
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.supplier20mar20,0,7828776.story

Where the Cranes Come Home to Roost - New York Times, 2008.0324
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/nyregion/24cranetown.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1206504000&en=01f40d32af89c547&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin

Green McMansions: Oxymoron? Maybe Not - The Oregonian, 2008.0323
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/120607176316560.xml&coll=7

Historians, Architecture Buffs Push to Preserve Modernist Homes - Newsday, 2008.0323
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--savingmodernism0323mar23,0,1512097.story

The McBacklash - Hartford Courant, 2008.0323
http://www.courant.com/business/realestate/hc-hremcbacklash0323.artmar23,0,7830145.story

Modular Homes Assembled on Site - CanWest News Service, 2008.0323
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=1e86082f-8ae9-449c-85b9-faff7e4b63b1&k=63926

Old House Style Takes New Form - San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0321
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/21/HO0PVLB87.DTL

Housing Woes Refuse to Go - Khaleej Times, 2008.0321
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/March/theuae_March666.xml&section=theuae&col=

Legislation Aimed at Increasing Energy-Efficiency of Residential Construction - California Chronicle, 2008.0320
http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/55970

Leicester in Residential Property Boost - Telegraph, 2008.0320
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2008/03/20/npleicester120.xml

Young Residential Architects Invade Mongolia - Architectural Record, 2008.0320
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/080320mongolia.asp

Detailing the Sobek House - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0319
http://www.architectureweek.com/2008/0319/building_1-1.html

Home Builders Rally, but Still Far Off Highs - CNN, 2008.0319
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/IBD-0001-23906210.htm

Home Building Jumps 2.6 Pc: Figures - ABC News (Australia), 2008.0319
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/19/2194150.htm

Raw Materials Costs Are Boosting Overall Inflation - Purchasing, 2008.0319
http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA6542544.html?industryid=48401

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