Residential Tuesday 2008.1028
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Wed Oct 29 22:39:10 PDT 2008
Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,
Residential Tuesday brings you housing news and analysis weekly in
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Now fully equipped with his fresh Nobel Prize in economics, columnist
Paul Krugman of the New York Times offers some of the broader and
deeper perspectives on what has gotten our economny where...
Economic data rarely inspire poetic thoughts. But as I was
contemplating the latest set of numbers, I realized that I
had William Butler Yeats running through my head: "Turning
and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear
the falconer; / Things fall apart; the center cannot hold."
The widening gyre, in this case, would be the feedback loops
(so much for poetry) causing the financial crisis to spin
ever further out of control. The hapless falconer would, I
guess, be Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary...
The Widening Gyre - New York Times, 2008.1026
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/opinion/27krugman.html
Residential Design and Building News
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Study Notes Fewer Loans to Hispanics and Blacks - New York Times, 2008.1028
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/nyregion/28mortgage.html?ref=nyregion
Housing Market Comeback Depends on First-Time Buyers - Australian Broadcasting Company, 2008.1028
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/28/2403025.htm
Lumber Industry Threatened by Glut of Unsold Homes - Baltimore Sun, 2008.1027
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-lumber1027,0,250467.story
The Subprime Mortgage Credit Crisis in Retrospect - Shreveport Times, 2008.1027
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081027/NEWS05/810270321/1064
Subprime, Prime Mortgage Woes Diverge During Q3 - Housing Wire, 2008.1027
http://www.housingwire.com/2008/10/27/subprime-prime-mortgage-woes-diverge-during-q3/
US Home Builders Push Bold New Fix for Housing Market - CNN, 2008.1027
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200810271704DOWJONESDJONLINE000528_FORTUNE5.htm
California Faith Groups Fight Banks on Foreclosures - Bloomberg, 2008.1027
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ajqPP0ocr02A&refer=us
Unexpected Rise in New US Home Sales - Financial Times, 2008.1027
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eebff832-a43e-11dd-8104-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
U.S. Homes Move with Teeny Price Tags - Forbes, 2008.1027
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/10/27/new-home-sales-markets-equity-cx_md_1027markets23.html
Which Candidate'S Plan Would Best Ease the Mortgage Crisis? - Christian Science Monitor, 2008.1026
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/26/which-candidate's-plan-would-best-ease-the-mortgage-crisis/
Mysterious Ways of Bono's Home Extension - The Times (UK), 2008.1026
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5014686.ece
This Man Could Ruin Your Renovation Plans - New York Times, 2008.1026
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/realestate/26cov.html
The Incredible, Flexible, Movable House - Boston Globe, 2008.1026
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/10/26/the_incredible_flexible_movable_house/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed5
Home Sales See Biggest Gain Since July 2003 - Reuters, 2008.1024
http://www.reuters.com/article/gc03/idUSTRE49M5Q320081024
Dallas' New Modernism - Dallas Morning News, 2008.1024
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/home/stories/DN-nhg_aia_1025gd.State.Edition1.2859792.html
Dallas Couple Wins National Award for Restoring Historic Home - Dallas Morning News, 2008.1024
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/lifetravel/stories/DN-nhg_stone_1026gd.ART.State.Edition1.22db923.html
Wachovia Reports $23.9 Billion Loss for Third Quarter - New York Times, 2008.1023
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/business/23wachovia.html?em
Desert Architecture from Binary Design Studio - Inhabitat (blog), 2008.1023
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/desert-architecture-by-binary-design-studio/
The Last Empty Lot - Boston Globe, 2008.1022
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/10/22/the_last_empty_lot/
Banks Mine Data and Woo Troubled Borrowers - New York Times, 2008.1022
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/business/22target.html
Fannie and Freddie's Regulator Suggests U.S. Backs Their Debt - Wall Street Journal, 2008.1021
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455186323052713.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Weak Home Construction, Sentiment Underscore Impact of Credit Crunch - Wall Street Journal, 2008.1018
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122424547866844341.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
FHA Will Take on Subprime Loans Shunned by Lenders - Bloomberg, 2008.1014
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a98TMgmjzpSU&refer=home
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Maltz Architect, with Montroy Andersen DeMarco in New
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