Mortgage Rates Tumble To 6-Month Lows
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenAfter a week of dismal housing data, a silver lining perhaps. The spike in U.S. mortgage rates since the November presidential election has been cut in half.
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The SeaJet Capsule Lets You Live on the Ocean and Travel Anywhere!
• https://thehomestead.guru, By Krystal TrammellJust when you thought renouncing society and sailing the oceans in a submarine was impractical…enter the SeaJet Capsule!
New Trend: Seniors Are Buying Tiny Homes To Live Off-Grid In Their Golden Years
• http://www.trueactivist.comElders are now taking advantage of tiny homes to enjoy independence and lower living costs in their golden years.
Buying Avocado Toast Is More Prudent than Buying a House
• https://fee.orgMillennials may not be spending money the same way our parents and grandparents had in the past, but in many ways, that's a good thing.
Home Sweet Dome
• https://www.lewrockwell.comThe Monolithic houses dotting the country that protect against tornadoes, hurricanes and wildfires
$6,800 House Made From Recycled Plastic Bricks Was Constructed In 5 Days
• http://www.trueactivist.comThis eco-friendly abode is combustion resistant, meets local earthquake-resistance requirements, and is very insulated due to the unique bricks.
Tiny Homes Banned in U.S. at Increasing Rate as Govt Criminalizes Sustainable Living
• http://thefreethoughtproject.comAs the corporatocracy tightens its grip on the masses - finding ever more ways to funnel wealth to the top - humanity responds in a number of ways, including the rising popularity of tiny houses.
MIT's New Solar 3D Printer Can Build Houses On Other Planets
• http://www.trueactivist.comMIT has created a robot that is capable of printing the entire basic structure of a building. Most importantly, the system can be powered with solar panels.
Frank Lloyd Wright architecture school grad built this beautiful desert shelter for $2K
• http://inhabitat.comby Lacy Cooke View Slideshow Students at The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Taliesin West have erected small sleeping shelters on the school's Arizona desert property in for decades, hearkening back to the early days of the school
Egyptian Architects Want To Use Shipping Containers To Solve The Housing Crisis
• http://www.trueactivist.comThey think that cargotecture could save these people from the dangerous slums.
This Portable Hotel Made From Shipping Containers Could Show Up Anywhere
• trueactivist.com, By Brianna AcuestaThis mobile hotel could show up near you one day.
Panic Bank Run Leaves Canada's Largest Alternative Mortgage Lender On Edge Of Collapse
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenAfter two years of recurring warnings (both on this website and elsewhere) that Canada's largest alternative (i.e., non-bank) mortgage lender is fundamentally insolvent, kept alive only courtesy of the Canadian housing bubble which until last week ha
Pending Home Sales Drop In March - Stagnant For 2 Years
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenContracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes declined in March after rising a month earlier by the most since 2010, as perhaps the seasonal exuberance gives way to affordability constraints.
Housing's Echo Bubble Now Exceeds the 2006-07 Bubble Peak
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Charles Hugh SmithIf you need some evidence that the echo-bubble in housing is global, take a look at this chart of Sweden's housing bubble.
Fannie Introduces "Innovative Solutions"
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenAllowing Student-Debt-Laden Millennials To Buy A Home
Canada's Housing Bubble Explodes As Its Biggest Mortgage Lender Crashes Most In History
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenCall it Canada's "New Century" moment.
Canada Housing Regulator Warns Of "Strong Evidence Of Housing-Market Problems"
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenIn an perculiar coincidence, just hours after Home Capital Group imploded in what we dubbed Canada's "New Century" moment, Canada's housing regulator, the Canada Mortgage And Housing Corporation, which describes itself as "contributing to the stabili
New Home Sales Near Post Crisis High
• https://mishtalk.com, by MishNew homes sales rose at a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate(SAAR) of 621,000 in March vs. an Econoday expectation of 588,000.
New Home Sales Jump, Tied For Highest Since 2008 As Median Selling Price Rebounds
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenConfirming the strong housing data reported earlier by Case-Shiller which showed the fastest pace of home price appreciation since 2014, moments ago the Census reported that New Home Sales rose 5.8% in March to an annual pace of 621K units, just shy
US Home Prices Rise At The Fastest Pace Since July 2014
• http://www.zerohedge.comWhile it is unclear if the Chinese, tired of fighting regulations in Canada, are behind the latest jump in home prices, today Case-Shiller reported that its index of Top 20 cities rose at a 5.9% annual rate, the highest increase since July 2014, citi
Spring housing: 'Strongest seller's market ever'
• http://www.cnbc.com, Diana OlickEven as more homes come on the market for this popular sales season, they're flying off fast. Home prices have now surpassed their last peak, and at the entry level, where demand is highest, sellers are in the driver's seat.
Spring housing: 'Strongest seller's market ever'
• http://www.cnbc.com, Diana OlickEven as more homes come on the market for this popular sales season, they're flying off fast. Home prices have now surpassed their last peak, and at the entry level, where demand is highest, sellers are in the driver's seat.
Existing Home Sales Best Since February 2007: Good as it Gets?
• mishtalk.com by MishExisting home sales beat expectations with a climb to 5.71 million units, seasonally adjusted annualized (SAAR).
Simple Survival Earthship Walk Through
• https://www.youtube.comEnjoy a short guided tour of a 1U Simple Survival Earthship with all off-grid systems. Construction drawings for this building and other Simple Survival designs are included in our app for $9.99 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simpl...
Robots May Help Build Your Next Home and Fill the Labor Gap
• https://www.bloomberg.comThe future of U.S. homebuilding depends on more people like Cyndicy Yarborough, a 26-year-old former Wal-Mart clerk with no background in construction.
Halo $330 Million Dollar Airship
• https://www.youtube.comThe $330 Million dollar Airship of the future, Halo has arrived! Halo is an airship fit for residential living
Will Your Next Home be 3D Printed?
• https://sourceable.net, Andrew HeatonLast June, Beijing based construction outfit HuaShang Tengda made world headlines when it announced that it had printed a two-storey, 400 square metre home in 45 days.
Deal signed to print 1.5 million homes in Saudi Arabia
• By GCR StaffChinese 3D printed house company WinSun has signed a $1.45bn agreement with a Saudi Arabian contractor that could see 1.5 million affordable homes printed in the Gulf kingdom, which is struggling to cope with a housing shortage.
Tiny homes yield bigger problem: Where to put them?
• http://www.sacbee.com, BY ED FLETCHERJeremy Spencer and his husband, Ryan Kelley – and their tiny home – are pioneers.
Watchdog calls out HUD for $500B-plus in accounting 'errors'
• http://www.foxnews.com, Brooke SingmanEverybody makes mistakes ?" but this could be an accounting error for the ages.
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