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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1349 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:46 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Residential 2009.0120 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly from the editors of ArchitectureWeek. The New York Times reports that about 20% of US home builders have failed in the last two years - some 20,000 companies already - while observers predict that more than 50% are likely to fail before the economy recovers. "After riding high on one of the greatest housing booms in American history, the nation’s home builders today face a devastating reversal of fortune. "Although the housing crisis is nearly two years old, many banks had refrained from cracking down on small home builders. "They are starting to do so, and a wide swath of the industry could be forced out of business in the next few years. The trouble is concentrated especially in the Sun Belt, the scene of so much overbuilding. "Not only have new-home sales stagnated, but builders confront a rising wave of foreclosed properties coming to market at prices below the cost of building a new home. To move houses, they have to mark them down to less than the cost of construction. "The convergence of these problems is bringing many small and medium-size builders — who account for about 70 percent of new-home construction in the United States — to their knees." Banks Foreclose on Builders with Perfect Records - New York Times, 2009.0120 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/business/economy/20builders.html Residential Design and Building News ------------------------------------ '08 a Record Year for Petersburg Builders - Moscow Times, 2009.0120 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1009/42/373673.htm U.K. Bank Bail Out to Kick Start Lending - Inside Housing, 2009.0119 http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/story.aspx?storycode=6502635 Taller Wood-Frame Condos Slammed - The Province, 2009.0119 http://www.theprovince.com/Homes/Taller+wood+frame+condos+slammed/1192691/story.html Habitat's Portland Homes Go Green - Maine Today, 2009.0119 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/inasnap/038524.html A Modernist Inn, Built from Scratch - New York Times, 2009.0118 http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/realestate/commercial/18sqft.html?scp=2&sq=residential+design+architect&st=nyt Building Loophole Shuts Mans Out of His Own Home - Chapel Hill News, 2009.0118 http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/37176.html Financial Burden of Homeownership Spread Unequally - Associated Press, 2009.0118 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jupF3YLPHC5WL1h2z9VachPT5cuQD95PT0DO0 Housing Starts Probably at Record Low: U.S. Economy Preview - Bloomberg, 2009.0118 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aOsphcrKOOp4&refer=home Home Sellers Count on Troops - El Paso Times, 2009.0118 http://www.elpasotimes.com/business/ci_11480415 Housing Rebound? How about 2011? - Las Vegas Review Journal, 2009.0117 http://www.lvrj.com/business/37759594.html 24 Rooms Tucked into One - New York Times, 2009.0115 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/garden/15hongkong.html?_r=1 Case Study House Property Goes Up for Sale - Palisadian Post, 2009.0115 http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=4575 N.Z. Home-Building Approvals Rose 4.3% in November - Bloomberg, 2009.0114 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a9yuQrTa97K4&refer=australia 'McMansions' on the Outer - Brisbane Times, 2009.0114 http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/business/mcmansions-on-the-outer/2009/01/14/1231608746070.html Glenn Murcutt Gold Medal - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0114 http://www.archweek.com/2009/0114/news_1-1.html In locations from the far reaches of the Northern Territory to suburban New South Wales, Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has created modernist houses remarkable for their supreme sensitivity to climate, surroundings, and environment. 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