ArchWeek Residential 2009.0603
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Wed Jun 3 16:27:01 PDT 2009
Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,
ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly
from the editors of ArchitectureWeek.
Ed Mazria of Architecture 2030 writes for us on how lifting the
housing market can be a key strategy for making the green/jobs
connection real.
Ed's enthusiastic but he's also hard-nosed and down-to-earth,
so don't knock it until you've tried it:
What if there were a way for states, cities, and counties to
leverage each dollar of federal stimulus money they spend to
generate $14 of private spending, create 14 times the number
of jobs, reimburse the federal government $3, and get a dollar
back to boot?
And what if that economic solution could also help us tackle
climate change by constructively attacking building-related
carbon emissions?
Well, there is a way, and we call it the "14x Stimulus" plan.
In order to capture the job-creation and private-spending
potential of the private building sector, this plan encourages
households off the sidelines and into the renovation and
home-buying market.
Green Stimulus Multiplication - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0527
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0527/environment_1-1.html
Discuss online:
http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25141
Residential Design and Building News
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Toll Brothers Loss Narrows as Land Writedowns Decline - Bloomberg, 2009.0603
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ax6VxvV22p_8&refer=us
Homebuilders Dabble in Spec - Wall Street Journal, 2009.0603
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124404033500281397.html
Prince Albert Couple Building Home with Recycled Junk - Leader-Post, 2009.0602
http://www.leaderpost.com/Prince+Albert+couple+building+home+with+recycled+junk/1653422/story.html
Home Builders' Losses Expected to Narrow - Wall Street Journal, 2009.0601
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124382305839771139.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
New Zealand April Home-Building Approvals Rise 11.2 Percent - Bloomberg, 2009.0529
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aYNYHAarU4ok&refer=australia
FHA Policy on Tax Credit More Limited Than Expected - Wall Street Journal, 2009.0529
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090529-712103.html
Savings on Labor Allow Work on Residential Skyscraper to Resume - New York Times, 2009.0529
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/nyregion/29tower.html?ref=nyregion
Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures, Rates Increase - Bloomberg, 2009.0528
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2zH6o6F7Wuc&refer=home
Metrostudy Reports National and Local Housing Starts Plunge - Real Estate Channel Press Release, 2009.0528
http://www.realestatechannel.com/us-markets/residential-real-estate-1/metrostudy-housing-report-may-2009-housing-starts-housing-data-homes-for-sale-median-home-prices-brad-hunter-857.php
Visteon Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection - New York Times, 2009.0528
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/05/28/business/AP-Visteon-Bankruptcy.html?scp=1&sq=Environment+sustainable&st=nyt
Building Code Battles Heat Up in Midwest - New York Times, 2009.0528
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/building-code-battles-heat-up-in-midwest/
U.S. Home Price Declines Slowed in First Quarter - Bloomberg, 2009.0527
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=alTt9qEQPL1I&refer=home
High-End Home Builders Face Tough Times - Columbia Flier, 2009.0527
http://www.explorehoward.com/news/62341/high-end-home-builders-face-tough-times/
Vancouver House Prices Show Ninth Consecutive Month of Decline - Vancouver Sun, 2009.0527
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Vancouver+house+prices+show+ninth+consecutive+month+decline/1635850/story.html
Australia New Housing Starts Expected to Fall 17 Percent before Rising - Forex, 2009.0527
http://www.forextv.com/Forex/News/ShowStory.jsp?seq=961998&category=Economic+News
Cost of Construction Materials Decline - Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0527
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/05/27/Cost-of-construction-materials-decline-Federal-statistics-show-that-all-industry-areas-are-seeing-pr
Historic Architecture Vs. Clean Energy - New York Times, 2009.0527
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/historic-architecture-vs-clean-energy/
Housing Hitting Bottom Means Fewest Starts Since 1945 - Bloomberg, 2009.0526
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&refer=home&sid=adbBR4rdQqag
Arizona Home Builders Group Backs Fee Moratorium - Phoenix Business Journal, 2009.0525
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/05/25/daily40.html
B.C. Housing Starts to Decline 43% from 2008: CMHC - Calgary Herald, 2009.0519
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/housing+starts+decline+from+2008+CMHC/1609497/story.html
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