ArchWeek Residential 2009.1216

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ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly from the editors of ArchitectureWeek.

"'The housing market is stabilizing at very low levels, which of course is better than plunging,' said Harm Bandholz, an economist at UniCredit Research in New York who correctly forecast no change in the so-called core consumer-price index."

U.S. Economy: Housing Starts Climb, Inflation Gauge Unchanged
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U.S. Architecture Billings Index Falls in November - Reuters, 2009.1216
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1522353920091216

Tracking the U.S. Housing Market's Rise, Fall and Rebound - USA Today, 2009.1215
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-12-11-housing-market-charts_N.htm

Can Home Market Bounce Back without More Help? - USA Today, 2009.1215
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-12-13-housing_N.htm

Temporary Accord Cuts Rents for Many at Two Complexes - New York Times, 2009.1214
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/nyregion/15stuy.html

Settlers Brace for Showdown over Construction Curb - Associated Press, 2009.1214
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h2FgBEpzs3-tADh8crePtLfcXgDAD9CHU9I01

"Simplify" Was the Guideline for Restoring a House in the Vine Neighborhood - mlive.com, 2009.1213
http://www.mlive.com/living/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/12/simplify_was_the_guideline_for.html

A House to Grow In: Couple Leaves City for Kid-Friendly Suburban Home - Baltimore Sun, 2009.1213
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/real-estate/bal-re.dream13dec13,0,3917473.story

Production, Home Starts Probably Climbed: U.S. Economy Preview - Bloomberg, 2009.1213
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=an37DKP5OVek

This Is a Barn? A Couple Turns a Ramshackle Relic into a Contemporary, Loftlike Home - Chicago Tribune, 2009.1213
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/family/chi-tc-home-gash-1207dec13,0,1310887.story

Getting a Hush for the Money: New York Residents and Soundproofing - New York Times, 2009.1211
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/realestate/13post.html

Friday Diversion: BofA Sells Historic Townhouse - New York Times, 2009.1211
http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2009/12/11/friday-diversion-bofa-sells-townhouse-tory-burch-sellingbuying-in-southampton/

Short Sales, a Long Process - New York Times, 2009.1211
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/realestate/13mort.html
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Country Homes with Two Kinds of Parking - New York Times, 2009.1211
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/realestate/13horse.html

The Hottest Topic in Home Sales - New York Times, 2009.1211
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/realestate/13njzo.html

Now They're Cooking: New York Couple Concludes Housing Hunt - New York Times, 2009.1211
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/realestate/13Hunt.html

A Home without Prince Charming - New York Times, 2009.1211
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/realestate/13lizo.html

Superbia: The Buddy System (Part 3 of 3) - National Post, 2009.1211
http://www.nationalpost.com/homes/story.html?id=2330493

Deco at a Discount - New York Times, 2009.1211
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/realestate/13livi.html

The M&M House - Tree Hugger, 2009.1210
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/good-green-design-doesnt-have-to-be-expensive.php

Japanese House Design "Reconstructs Relations between Nature, Human and Architecture" - Tree Hugger, 2009.1209
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/japanese-house-ashizawa-architects.php

The Help Is Free, and It's a Click Away - New York Times, 2009.1209
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/business/smallbusiness/09toolkit.html
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Push to Finish Tallest Tower - Wall Street Journal, 2009.1209
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126023594022181191.html

Visions of Gingerbread: Chicago Architects Do Versions of the Iconic Holiday House - Chicago Tribune, 2009.1209
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/12/visions-of-gingerbread-area-architects-create-new-versions-of-the-iconic-holiday-house.html

New York's Tiniest Studio Apartment - New York Post, 2009.1208
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/cozy_crazy_couple_makes_tight_studio_R15ToNFTaJE3c17zkw4efP

The Rent Cycle - NOLA.com, 2009.1207
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/the_rent_cycle.html

SEC Accuses 3 Ex-New Century Execs of Fraud - Associated Press, 2009.1207
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fiw-newcentury8-2009dec08,0,1583316.story

Bank of America Says It Modified 600,000 Mortgages Since January 2008 - Los Angeles Times, 2009.1207
http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-bank-of-america-mortgage-help,0,1715720.story

Federal Housing Administration's Condo Financing Rules Already Scuttling Projects - Los Angeles Times, 2009.1207
http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-condo-construction-new-rules,0,1872222.story

Walkability Can Increase a Home's Value Appreciably - Hartford Courant, 2009.1206
http://www.courant.com/business/real-estate/hc-hre-walkability-1206.artdec06,0,7043639.story

Avant-Garde by the River - Sunday Morning Herald, 2009.1205
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/avantgarde-by-the-river-20091204-ka7m.html

Homebuilder Winners: Brookfield, Ryland - The Street, 2009.1204
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10638736/1/homebuilder-winners-brookfield-ryland.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEFI

Mortgage Rates Hit Record Low in Freddie Mac Survey - boston.com, 2009.1203
http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/12/mortgage_rates_3.html

Superbia: 6:30 A.M. (Part 2 of 3) - National Post, 2009.1203
http://www.nationalpost.com/homes/story.html?id=2299812

A Former Shop Becomes a House in Singapore - New York Times, 2009.1203
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/greathomesanddestinations/03location.html

Do You See a Pattern? - Slate, 2009.1202
http://www.slate.com/id/2237109/
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Modest but Steady Growth Seen in Economic Reports - Associated Press, 2009.1202
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNiyJ905Ho0Ur96V2TQhsBX19lGwD9CAMJ3O0

Construction Spending in U.S. Unchanged after Falling in Sept. - Bloomberg, 2009.1201
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aWkRxXzfTA9Q

Star of Real Estate Boom Is Confronting Hard Times - New York Times, 2009.1201
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/nyregion/02developer.html

Government Increases Pressure on Mortgage Industry - Associated Press, 2009.1130
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jwXJHe_L_zP_cYDDT8GGujMJsOIgD9CA4BS00

Detroit Needs Housing Rebound to Spur Pickup Sales - Associated Press, 2009.1129
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnx8KLrsVgewpKWTSvPxI6prgSWQD9C9C44G0

Putting the Bliss Back into Bungalow Living - Irish Times, 2009.1126
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2009/1126/1224259470174.html

Housing Data Points to Rocky Rebound - Associated Press, 2009.1125
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i2oWiNsPQpakRTA0sYe8x_5DkEXwD9C6Q20G0

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