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Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,
ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly from the editors of ArchitectureWeek.
CoStar's summary of some recent construction indicators suggests most of us should probably be thinking rather long-term, for a good while longer...
"On Monday, the same day the government officially declared a recession, the Census Department reported that private nonresidential construction fell 0.7% in October from the previous month. It's the third decline in four months, leaving activity at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $417.7 billion.
"Hit by the continuing spiral in private residential construction, which plunged another 3.5% in October, overall construction spending fell 1.2% from September to October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.07 trillion.
"While nowhere near as steep a drop-off as seen in housing, nonresidential activity has begun to weaken because the credit squeeze is making it tougher for developers to get financing...
"Meanwhile, a forward-looking index of U.S. nonresidential construction activity 9-12 months in the future fell to the lowest level in its 13-year history in October, an architects' trade group said late last month. The Architecture Billings Index fell more than 5 points to 36.2 in October, the American Institute of Architects said. A reading below 50 indicates a decline in billings.
"A separate measure of inquiries for new projects fell to 39.9, from 51 in September, also reaching a record low...
New Reports Reveal Deepening Building Woes - CoStar, 2008.1202
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=7A12B8C8E244BBE9A51FED5CFC939C56
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Wanted: McMansions to Go - Camden Advertiser, 2008.1203
http://camden.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/wanted-mcmansions-to-go/1375693.aspx
Trouble Building - Business Day, 2008.1203
http://www.businessday.co.nz/comment/4779940
Tupelo Is Trying to Curb Its Trend of Urban Sprawl - Clarion Ledger, 2008.1202
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20081202/NEWS/812020340/1001/news
Will New Home Stifle Joe Biden's Creativity? - Pensacola News Journal, 2008.1202
http://www.pnj.com/article/20081202/LIFE/812020302
Welcome to the New Golden Age of Housing - Evening Standard, 2008.1202
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23595618-details/Welcome+to+the+new+golden+age+of+housing/article.do
Hawaiians Get Home-Building Help - Honolulu Star Bulletin, 2008.1202
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/hawaiinews/20081128_Hawaiians_get_home-building_help.html
Building Codes Required CO Detector in Aspen Home - Denver Post, 2008.1202
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_11116078
Beazer Might Not Be Last Builder Caught by Ownership Change - CNN, 2008.1202
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200812021148DOWJONESDJONLINE000463_FORTUNE5.htm
Local Architects Honored for Their Designs - 27east, 2008.1202
http://www.27east.com/story_detail.cfm?id=181012
Building Materials Suppliers Sliding - CNN, 2008.1201
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/2b51b1c0a80309306950487d23f4b53a.htm
We Can't Do It All - RecordNet, 2008.1201
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081201/A_OPINION01/812010301/-1/A_OPINION06
US Economy Officially in Recession Since December 2007 - Yahoo News, 2008.1201
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices_9
Manufacturing Index Drops to 26-Year Low - International Herald Tribune, 2008.1201
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/01/america/Economy.php
New Building Plan: 1 Home Per 10 Acres - Delmarva Now, 2008.1201
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20081201/NEWS01/812010303/-1/newsfront2
Contractors Are Using More Energy-Saving Materials, Techniques - Providence Journal, 2008.1130
http://www.projo.com/news/content/Green_buildings_11-30-08_RPCE5R0_v21.34c2e82.html
McMansions Welcome under New Code - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.1130
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/mansions-welcome-under-new-code/2008/11/30/1227979845030.html
Home Building Slump Continues - San Jose Mercury News, 2008.1125
http://www.mercurynews.com/realestatenews/ci_11073195?nclick_check=1
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