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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1347 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:37 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Residential 2009.1029 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly from the editors of ArchitectureWeek. Today's lead item has to be the upbeat new U.S. GDP numbers: "The U.S. economy grew in the third quarter for the first time in more than a year as government stimulus helped lift consumer spending and home building, fueling an unexpectedly strong advance. "Signaling the end of the worst recession in 70 years, the Commerce Department on Thursday said the economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the July-September period, snapping four down quarters with its fastest growth pace since the third quarter of 2007 and exceeding forecasts for a 3.3 percent rate.... "Stripping out auto output, the economy would have expanded at only a 1.9 percent rate in the third quarter. "'The economy is entirely dependent on federal deficit spending at the moment. But the stimulus will not fade right away ... that means we can rely on solid growth continuing through the first quarter of next year,' said Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial in New York. "'Once the government steps aside, growth is likely to fall back to a 1-2 percent rate of growth.'" Economy Returns to Growth after Deep Slump - Reuters, 2009.1029 http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59S1EF20091029 Residential Design and Building News ------------------------------------ U.S. Mortgage Rates Hold Just Above 5 Percent: Freddie - Reuters, 2009.1029 http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Economy/idUSTRE59S2T320091029 Obama Admin Urges Congress Extend Homebuyer Credit - Reuters, 2009.1029 http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSWBT01327920091029 U.S. Home Vacancy Rate Rose to 2.6 pct in Q3 - Reuters, 2009.1029 http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2936180920091029 US Home Buyer Credit Spurred 400,000 sales - Reuters, 2009.1029 http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerFinancialServices/idUSN2936396420091029 US Foreclosures Spike in New Regions in 3rd Quarter - Reuters, 2009.1028 http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSNYS00747920091028 Senate Democrats Say Have Deal on Homebuyer Credit - Reuters, 2009.1027 http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE59Q4DR20091027 Judge Delays Deadline in Capmark Servicing Sale - Reuters, 2009.1027 http://www.reuters.com/article/BROKER/idUSN2726054820091027 Homebuilding's Crash Is Worsening - Sacramento Bee, 2009.1026 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/real_estate/archives/2009/10/homebuildings-c.html Homebuilders Still Struggling - The Deal, 2009.1026 http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/10/homebuilders_still_struggling.php California Builders Lobby for Tax Credit Extension for New Home Buyers - Los Angeles Times, 2009.1026 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2009/10/california-builders-lobby-for-new-home-buyer-tax-credit-extension-.html Fewer McMansions on the Horizon - Wall Street Journal, 2009.1026 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703573604574491630350933974.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_realestate Housing Market Dance Takes Small Steps Forward - and Back - Arizona Business Journal, 2009.1026 http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/10/26/construction_real_estate/doc4ae1e449b4568521859887.txt Architect Joe Tanney to Speak on Modern Modular - University of Kentucky News, 2009.1026 http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?category=1&artid=5116 The Setting of the Spanish Sun - Yale Globalist, 2009.1025 http://tyglobalist.org/index.php/20091025225/Features/The-Setting-of-the-Spanish-Sun.html Recession, Changing Preferences Driving Smaller Homes - Columbus Dispatch, 2009.1025 http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/home_garden/stories/2009/10/25/SMALL_HOMES.ART_ART_10-25-09_H1_H1FE6CP.html?sid=101 Designing for High and Low - New York Times, 2009.1025 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/realestate/25scapes.html?hpw Barn Becomes Home in Renovation - Los Angeles Times, 2009.1024 http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-gash24-2009oct24,0,3502104.story Disappointing Housing Numbers Spark Debate on Recovery - Taipan Publishing, 2009.1023 http://www.taipanpublishinggroup.com/news-1023092.html -- * -- WileyCPE.com Continuing Education Get the credits you need - on your schedule. With leading experts supplying the know-how, WileyCPE.com offers online professional continuing education subjects that you can access 24/7 to accelerate your learning. Courses in health, safety, welfare and sustainable design are all structured to advance your career. For more information, visit: http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?091021_wileycpe -- * -- Lyde End Is in a Field of Its Own - BD, 2009.1023 http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=719&storycode=3150934&channel=783&c=2 Home Builders Confidence Slips Slightly in October - Business Bulletin, 2009.1023 http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091023/NEBULLETIN/911010317#STS=g19osht9.10bw Flat by the Founder of the Bauhaus - Country Life, 2009.1023 http://www.countrylife.co.uk/blogs/article/427826/Flat-by-the-founder-of-the-Bauhaus.html House 'Too Big' for Uplands - Victoria Times Colonist, 2009.1022 http://www.timescolonist.com/business/House+Uplands/2131497/story.html NY Court Rules against Stuyvesant Town Owners - Reuters, 2009.1022 http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE59L4W620091022 A Tax-Credit Boondoggle - San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.1022 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/22/EDJP1A9B2A.DTL Home Buyer Tax Credit Fraud Called 'Disturbing' - USA Today, 2009.1022 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-10-22-homebuyer-tax-credit-fraud_N.htm McMansions, Be Gone - Boston Globe, 2009.1022 http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/10/22/hometta_offers_architects_a_chance_for_a_modern_approach_to_creating_a_house/ High Tension over Big Timber - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1021 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/1021/news_2-1.html Late in 2007, storm-driven rains in southwestern Washington sent floodwater, mud, and tons of logging debris crashing into homes and farmland downstream of the Chehalis River. The floods caused massive erosion of mountain habitat and hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage, and downed an estimated 140,000 truckloads of timber n much of it on land owned by the Weyerhaeuser Company, the state's largest private timberland owner. Wright-Ish - Metropolis, 2009.1021 http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20091021/wright-ish Fewer Home-Building Permits Signal Weakness Ahead - Associated Press, 2009.1021 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNiyJ905Ho0Ur96V2TQhsBX19lGwD9BETAD80 Sector Snap: Homebuilders Slip on Housing Data - Associated Press, 2009.1021 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gExfBwqmDtOMYkMYfzI1Thb_yVeAD9BESPU80 U.S. Architecture Billings Up in September-AIA - Reuters, 2009.1021 http://www.reuters.com/article/CARMFG/idUSN2147828820091021 Homebuilding May Be Losing Momentum - UPI, 2009.1020 http://www.upi.com/Real-Estate/2009/10/20/Homebuilding-May-be-Losing-Momentum/2461256072219/ Housing Starts Stay Steady, but Builders Fear End of Tax Credit - NPR Planet MOney, 2009.1020 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/10/housing_starts_increased_05_pe.html Product News - Ergonomic, Sustainable Chair from Herman Miller http://www.archweek.com/2009/1021/products_update.html ==================================================================== Tools and Downloads -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsor an ArchWeek special section and build your brand every week: http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?091021_notes_tools_sponsor Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended includes all the functions of Acrobat 9 Pro, plus additional features for business and technical professionals. 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