Eco-Friendly House Was Built Using Sand Bags And Glass Bottles

04-11-2017 • http://www.trueactivist.com

All in all, the home cost less than $5,000!

Mission nearly impossible this spring: Finding a home to buy

04-10-2017 • http://hosted.ap.org

Anyone eager to buy a home this spring probably has reasons to feel good. The job market is solid. Average pay is rising. And mortgage rates, even after edging up of late, are still near historic lows. And then there's the bad news: Just try to fi

Thailand Introduces World's First Solar Powered Hydrogen Houses

04-07-2017 • http://www.trueactivist.com

The new development is 100% self-sustaining.

Squatters Reveal the True State of the Housing Market

04-05-2017 • arclein

While economists are worried about too few houses being built, squatting in vacant homes has become an epidemic in Las Vegas, where 2% of all homes sit vacant, remnants of the housing crash that left 80% of mortgagees underwater. John Glionna, writ

The median San Francisco home costs $1.3 million--

04-04-2017 • cnbc.com by Emmie Martin

--here's what you can buy nationwide for the same price

Minimalist Ready-Made Tiny Home Can Be Shipped To Any Destination

04-02-2017 • trueactivist.com

For those who are interested in living in a 'tiny home' but are less than optimistic about constructing their own, we present to you the ultimate Mobile Home, which is a prefab modular tiny home that can be transported to any location you desire.

Minimalist Ready-Made Tiny Home Can Be Shipped To Any Destination

04-02-2017 • trueactivist.com

For those who are interested in living in a 'tiny home' but are less than optimistic about constructing their own, we present to you the ultimate Mobile Home, which is a prefab modular tiny home that can be transported to any location you desire.

Technology for upgrading slums and lowering the cost of housing by 30%

03-30-2017 • http://www.nextbigfuture.com

New technologies, including better land mapping, prefabricated construction and cheaper solar power, have begun bringing the costs of housing down 20 percent to 30 percent, say experts.

These Are The Best And Worst U.S. Cities To Own A House

03-29-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

In its latest, January, update of US home prices, Case-Shiller reported that the unadjusted 20 city composite index, rose at a 5.9% annual rate, up from 5.7% last month and setting a 31-month high.

Fannie and Freddie's New Bubble

03-27-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still have housing blood on their hands from the 2008 financial crash. However, the giant GSEs, placed in government conservatorship in September 2008, have now, virtually all by themselves, created another bubble, this tim

How Spontaneous Order Keeps Houston Affordable

03-21-2017 • https://fee.org, Nolan Gray

If you follow urban issues in the press, you might be forgiven for thinking that there are only three cities in America: San Francisco, New York, and Portland.

Australia Housing Insanity: Tent Outside, Full Use of Apartment, Cheap, $90 Per Week

03-19-2017 • https://mishtalk.com, by Mish

Every time you think things in Australia cannot get any more ridiculous, you are proven wrong.

Zoning Harms Rich and Poor Alike

03-15-2017 • fee.org by Stephen Smith

Inclusionary zoning is a hot item among urban planners today, and is often seen as a solution to residential segregation and high housing costs.

Manhattan Luxury Housing In Freefall: J.Crew CEO Slashes Tribeca Loft Price By Over 40%

03-13-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

While in recent weeks we have documented various instances of sharp pullbacks in the ultra-luxury segment of New York's housing market...

Trailer Park Houses Are the Original Tiny Homes

03-06-2017 • https://fee.org, Nolan Gray

Given that "redneck" and "hillbilly" remain the last acceptable stereotypes among polite society, it isn't surprising that the stereotypical urban home of poor, recently rural whites remains an object of scorn.

This Company Just Made A 3D-Printed Home In 24 Hours For $10K

03-06-2017 • http://www.trueactivist.com

There's no doubt about it, this technology is a game-changer.

Gorgeous Net-Zero Home Slashes Heating And Cooling Costs By 90%

03-03-2017 • True Activist

Doctors could prescribe houses to the homeless under radical Hawaii bill

02-28-2017 • https://www.theguardian.com, by Liz Barney

Newly introduced bill would classify homelessness as a medical condition, as research suggests healthcare spending falls when people have been housed

Pending Home Sales Unexpectedly Dive: NAR Blames Tight Supply

02-27-2017 • https://mishtalk.com,by Mish

Fresh on the heels of a glowing existing homes sales report comes news of an unexpected plunge in pending home sales. Economists in the Econoday survey expected a 1.1% increase. Instead, the pending home sales index plunged 2.8%.

New Home Sales Rise Half of Economists' Expectations, Supply Surges

02-24-2017 • https://mishtalk.com, by Mish

New homes sales hit the skids in December, down 10.4 percent. December numbers were revised slightly lower today.

Zero Percent Down Loans in a Raging Bubble:

02-21-2017 • mishtalk.com by Mish

Didn't We Try This Before?

There Are 66,719 Empty Mansions In Vancouver

02-12-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

One year ago, when we first started discussing the Vancouver housing bubble, which as we first speculated - and was later confirmed - was the result of Chinese oligarch money-launderers parking "hot cash" in this offshore housing market...

For The First Time Since 2008, It Costs Over $1000/Month To Purchase A Median U.S. Home

02-07-2017 • zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

Two months ago, with interest rates spiking higher on fears about Trump's fiscal stimulus, we showed a troubling chart in the October Black Knight Mortgage Monitor report.

Bowl-Shaped Roofs Harvest Rainwater To Naturally Cool Homes In Arid Environments

02-01-2017 • http://www.trueactivist.com

This intriguing concept collects rainwater and cools homes in desertic climates.