Existing Homes Sales Record Biggest August Drop EVER But Prices Keep Inflating
• by Lee AdlerNAR data on housing sales showed the largest August decline since 1999, the earliest publicly available data.
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How To Build A €1000 Eco-Home In Just 100 Hours!
• True ActivistCreating an eco-home from open-sourced blueprints has never been easier or more affordable
Existing Home Sales Down 4.8%, Decline More Than Expected;
• globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com"Still Healthy and Trending Higher" Says Bloomberg - Let's Investigate
Housing Starts in U.S. Fall in Sign of Slow, Steady Recovery
• http://www.bloomberg.comNew-home construction in the U.S. fell in August, indicating the real-estate recovery will take time to evolve.
Revolutionary 3-D Printer Can Build 10 Houses In 24 Hours, And For Only $5,000 Each!
• True ActivistA Chinese company used giant 3D printers to make 10 full-sized, detached single-story houses in one day!
Dallas Is Building Cottages For The Homeless, And Saving $1.3 Million In The Process
• True ActivistNot only will homeless individuals be gifted a fresh start, the progressive initiative will save taxpayers a lot of money.
Evicted For Living In A Tent On Your Own Land?
• Off The Grid NewsImagine buying a home in a small town and then watching in horror as it is destroyed due to a freak accident in which the local utility is at fault. You subsequently choose to live in a tent on your property but are told by county officials that your
Justice At Last: Spain Is Forcing Banks To Pay Fines For Empty Homes
• True ActivistBarcelona's new mayor has kept her promise to go after the banks who started the crisis, and other cities are doing the same
New 'AirBnB For Refugees' Allows Citizens To Share Their Homes With Those In Need
• True ActivistA Berlin-based group has created a website that matches refugees with citizens in Germany who are willing to accommodate them.
7 Super Cool Tiny Houses Revolutionizing Micro-Living
• True ActivistFor a long time in America, the dominant mentality was always "bigger is better." Finally, "small is beautiful" is having its moment. Tiny houses offer a viable solution for people looking to reduce their environmental impact and live more si
Almost Half of Homes in New York and D.C. Are Now Losing Value
• http://www.bloomberg.com, Prashant GopalA new home-price index is a warning sign for some property markets
New California housing community has its own urban farm
• http://www.gizmag.comA new farm-to-table community, said to be the first in California, has opened in the city of Davis. The Cannery is made up of more than 500 energy-efficient homes, open spaces and trails surrounded and fed by a 7.4-ac (3-ha) working farm.
Manhattan Gets First Crowdfunded Condos
• http://www.bloomberg.comNew York's first real estate project financed significantly though crowdfunding is set to open, a step forward for a nascent investing model that has yet to prove itself in commercial property.
GOOD LOOK: EXO Reaction Housing
• reactionhousing.comIn the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became obvious that America was frustratingly ill-prepared to house people displaced by a natural disaster. Michael McDaniel took this as a design challenge. His Exo housing system--
Margin Calls Mount On Loans Against Stock Portfolios Used To Buy Homes...
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Mike KriegerToday's article from the Wall Street Journal on investors taking out large loans backed by portfolios of stocks and bonds is one of the most concerning and troubling finance/economics related articles I have read all year.
Where is Neo When We Need Him
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.orgIn The Matrix in which Americans live, nothing is ever their fault.
New Home Sales Rise From July Downdraft; Surprise Softness in Home Prices
• MIKE SHEDLOCKA pair of housing reports were out today, new home sales, and the Case-Shiller index of home prices. Let's start with the latter.
Freedom Yurt-Cabins: A modern take on the nomadic shelter
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam WilliamsGood ideas tend to stand the test of time and the yurt is no exception, hence the number of modern options on the market.
World's first portable islands will let super-rich create eco-friendly getaways...
• http://www.mirror.co, BY JACK WILLIAMSWorld's first portable islands will let super-rich create eco-friendly getaways anywhere on Earth
Housing Momentum Probably to Endure in U.S. Through Fed Liftoff
• http://www.bloomberg.com, by Sho ChandraThe rebound in U.S. home construction picked up in July as builders broke ground on more projects than at any time in almost eight years.
Moving Into a Shipping Container, but Staying Put
• http://www.nytimes.comMr. Crosby said the simplicity of the ordering process was ultimately what sold him on the home. "I don't have to make any decisions about the layout, the appliances I need or about the permitting," he said. "I just clicked a button to buy an
Home Depot Bumps Up Outlook As Sales Benefit From Housing Recovery
• ForbesAmid a recovery in the housing market, plus an improving economy and still-low interest rates, people have been increasingly more willing to spend money to fix up and renovate their homes.
Ireland Built Its First Shipping Home Container In 3 Days To House The Homeless
• http://www.trueactivist.comCargotecture is an easy and affordable way to ease the homelessness crisis.
Rents rise to 'crazy' levels: Zillow
• http://www.cnbc.com, Leslie ShafferIt's not your imagination. Rent really is too high.
Egg-shaped tiny house hits prototype stage
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam WilliamsBratislava, Slovakia-based Nice Architects made quite a splash when it unveiled its Ecocapsule micro-shelter back in May, even though all we had to go on at the time were some interesting renders.
Why I Am Never Going to Own a Home Again
• LewRockwellMany people have said to me in the past month, "I'm going to buy a home." Or, "What do you think of the idea of me buying a home?"
3-IN-1 Foldable Shelter Deployment
• https://www.youtube.comA 3-in-1 Foldable Shelter by MSS being deployed
Wedgetail slide on camper demonstration
• https://www.youtube.com,Demonstration video of the Wedgetail Camper from 2009.
Low Cost Modular Bug Out Shelter That Can Be Assembled By 2 People In Under 30 Minutes
• http://www.thegoodsurvivalist.com,We're always on the look out for new ideas for shelters in the case of an emergency, or disaster situation. Recently we ran across a modular survival shelter known as the Bunkhouse.
Origami-inspired military shelter said to cut energy use by 70 percent
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick LavarsThe ancient art of origami has inspired all kinds of modern technological endeavors, from drones to bridges to batteries and low-cost emergency housing.
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