Dubai's Meydan One will boast world's tallest residential tower...
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Stu RobartsDubai's Meydan One will boast world's tallest residential tower, largest dancing fountain and longest indoor ski slope
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People are buying second homes on cruise ships
• businessinsider.com, Sophie-Claire HoellerFor anyone who has ever struggled with the idea of spending their savings buying a home or using it all to travel the world, condo cruises present a perfect solution.
Eerie photos of the Australian mining town where thousands of people live underground
• Business InsiderIn Coober Pedy, located on the Stuart Highway, in Southern Australia, almost all of its 2,000 residents live underground.
The Rent is Too Damn High: San Fran Residents Pay $1,000/Mth To Live In Shipping Containers
• Zero HedgeThere's nothing quite like a grotesquely lopsided "economic recovery" in which a handful of cities boom, while the rest of the nation stagnates.
Israel approves new homes in settlement after demolishing two buildings
• http://www.reuters.comIsrael gave final approval on Wednesday for plans to build 300 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, announcing the move as it carried out a court demolition order against two vacant apartment blocks in the same enclave.
Housing Recovery? Case Shiller Home Prices Tumble Most In 10 Months
• http://www.zerohedge.comThe 0.18% month-over-month decline in Case Shiller home price index is the biggest since July 2014 which confirms the David Blitzer's view that "over the next two years or so, the rate of home price increases is more likely to slow than to accelerate
Attention America's Suburbs: You Have Just Been Annexed
• Submitted by Stanley KurtzIt's difficult to say what's more striking about President Obama's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation: its breathtaking radicalism, the refusal of the press to cover it, or its potential political ramifications.
Attention America's Suburbs: You Have Just Been Annexed
• Submitted by Stanley KurtzIt's difficult to say what's more striking about President Obama's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation: its breathtaking radicalism, the refusal of the press to cover it, or its potential political ramifications.
SCENES FROM SKID ROW
• https://firstlook.org, TheonepointeightIt's almost as if this part of town -- not far from Los Angeles' business district a few streets north, and Little Tokyo a few blocks east -- has been completely forgotten.
New Home Sales Unexpectedly Decline 6.8%...
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comNew home sales unexpectedly plunged 6.8% to 482,000 annualized units, far below any Bloomberg Consensus Estimate.
A Wind Machine You Can Call Home
• http://www.popsci.com, By Mary Beth GriggsThis futuristic building will provide power and panoramic views
Students Develop A Tiny Home Bio-habitat To Remedy The Affordable Housing Crisis
• http://www.trueactivist.comThe 350-square-foot home is intended as a cost-efficient and eco-friendly alternative to other types of housing.
Micro-Apartments Are Coming to the Midwest
• http://www.bloomberg.comDes Moines doesn't have a reputation for being particularly hip … or space-constrained. In this city of a bit more than 200,000 people, you can buy a three-bedroom house for less than $150,000 and find yourself a short drive from acres of rolling
Unbelievable Future Floating City #Mind Blow (full Documentary) 2015
• https://www.youtube.comUnbelievable Future Floating City #Mind Blow (full Documentary) 2015
Flood of Londoners take to boats to escape rising housing costs
• yahoo.comRocketing housing costs in Britain's capital have fuelled a surge in Londoners seeking cheaper accommodation on boats, with increased numbers putting pressure on the city's historic network of rivers and canals.
Harvard: Home ownership at 20-year low, blacks suffer most
• washingtonexaminer.com, By Paul BedardThe American Dream of a home is slipping out of reach for millions of Americans, especially African Americans, as house sales hit a 20-year low, according to a new Harvard University study of the U.S. housing market.
X-Tainer shipping container expands into a giant pavilion
• http://www.gizmag.com, By David SzondyThe lateral leap of shipping containers from goods movers to ready-made housing, offices, shops, and restaurants has opened up new possibilities for architects, event planners, and relief workers.
Luxury floating homes planned for The World in Dubai
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Stu RobartsA new development of 33 private luxury floating homes is to be built at The World artificial archipelago in Dubai. Designed by Waterstudio.NL and Jean-Michel Cousteau, they will be part of the Oqyana World First, which forms the Australasian portion
"The Fallout Ratio" Is Flashing Red - The Chart That Realtors Don't Want You To See
• http://www.zerohedge.comGiven the way that the Wall Street Journal and its biggest client, the National Association of Realtors keep you in the dark and feed you manure, they must think you are a mushroom.
HOPE IT'S REAL: 3D PRINTING HOUSES WITH BRICKS
• http://hackaday.com, by: Mike SzczysYou've just got to go with the hype on this one, because it's obviously not ready for prime time yet. But a few days ago murmurs started circling the net that an Australian inventor had developed a robot capable of building complicated structure
This quirky Spanish eco-house is hidden under a rolling hill
• http://inhabitat.comThe Live Garden House is a green-roofed, vaulted home built using traditional techniques in Zaragoza, Spain that is hidden underneath the curves of a rolling hill.
Pending Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Climb to Nine-Year High
• http://www.bloomberg.com, by Michelle JamriskoContracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes rose in May to a nine-year high, indicating recent strength in the real-estate industry will be sustained.
The Silicon Valley housing crisis is epitomized in this listing for a $899/month tent
• Business InsiderYou may have heard that real estate is expensive in the Bay Area.
The Mystery Of The "Missing" Inflation Solved: Record Number Of US Renters Can't Affor
• zerohedge.comLooking at a long-term chart of the BLS' core CPI chart or the Fed's preferred inflation metric, the Core PCE, reveals that the US is patiently trudging below the Fed's goalseeked goal of roughly 2% inflation per year.
The Mystery Of The "Missing" Inflation Solved: Record Number Of US Renters Can't Affor
• http://www.zerohedge.comLooking at a long-term chart of the BLS' core CPI chart or the Fed's preferred inflation metric, the Core PCE, reveals that the US is patiently trudging below the Fed's goalseeked goal of roughly 2% inflation per year.
The Ultimate Moral Hazard: 70% of Greek Mortgages Are In Default
• zerohedge.comJust as we warned earlier in the year, total uncertainty about the future of Greece has enabled a growing sense of moral hazard as "if the nation doesn't pay its debt, why should we" sweeps across the troubled nation.
U.S. New-Home Sales Rise to 7-Year High
• http://www.wsj.com, By JOSH MITCHELLTrends suggest the market is gaining momentum along with the broader housing industry
Hawaii Plans To Transform Its Old Buses Into Homeless Shelters With Showers
• http://www.trueactivist.comThis novel idea is providing a space for the homeless while at the same time re-purposing a retiring vehicle.
Australia's Housing Bubble - The Mania Down Under
• davidstockmanscontracorner.comAustralians are being "irrationally exuberant" and borrowing too much to invest in housing, exposing the economy to financial shocks, global bond fund giant PIMCO says.
Is It Better to Rent or Buy?
• By MIKE BOSTOCK, SHAN CARTER and ARCHIE TSEThe choice between buying a home and renting one is among the biggest financial decisions that many adults make.
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