Tiny Houses for the Homeless
• arcleinOn January 29, the village officially opened, and its first residents settled in. Each house had cost about $10,000 to build, a fraction of what it would have cost to house the men in a new apartment building.
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Bamboo Micro House
• arcleinizmag has featured several low-cost bamboo housing prototypes before, including the Blooming Bamboo home and the Bamboo Lakou vision for Haiti, but the units designed for this project are on a much smaller scale. The two-story prototype unit featured
Dying Memphis Neighborhood Foretells Next U.S. Crisis: Mortgages
• BloombergIn 2010, it was Black’s turn to go. She’d gotten one of those 2–28 mortgages that slowly strangled so many borrowers -- two years of a low, fixed interest rate followed by 28 years of rising payments -- and she’d reached her limit.
More than just an RV: ESCAPE injects some style into the tiny house movement
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam WilliamsPerhaps due to the fact that the challenge of designing viable tiny homes pushes architects to come up with creative space-saving solutions, the tiny house movement is bursting with great ideas.
The Stunning History Of "All Cash" Home Purchases In The US
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenYesterday's news from the NAR that in February all cash transactions accounted for 35% of all existing home purchases, up from 33% in January, not to mention that 73% of speculators paid "all cash", caught some by surprise.
Sustainable home can be built in four days using only a screwdriver
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam WilliamsFrench architectural firm Multipod Studio recently unveiled a new sustainable house prototype that's lightweight, recyclable, and promises to be an inexpensive purchase and extremely efficient to run.
Housing Bubble 2.0: Here’s Why
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By David StockmanThe Fed’s massive money printing campaigns flood the canyons of Wall Street with ZERO-COGS.
Homes Made from Old Cargo Containers (Infographic)
• care2.comWould you live in a home made out of old shipping containers?
The "Institutional Investor" Housing Bubble Just Burst
• zerohedge.comIt is by now well understood that the US housing market over the past year has not benefited from broad consumer participation, exhibited best by the unprecedented,....
I Explored China’s Biggest Ghost City And It’s Even Crazier Than People Think
• Business InsiderBuilt for over a million people, the city of Ordos was designed to be the crowning glory of Inner Mongolia.
Baltimore's people of the woods...
• http://www.dailymail.co, By Daily Mail ReporterBaltimore's people of the woods: Inside the hidden homeless camps made of milk crates, wooden doors and tarps on the outskirts of town
This is what it would look like if the world's 7 billion people lived in one city
• http://www.globalpost.com, Kyle KimHow big would our city be if it had the same urban density as New York City, Houston or Paris?
Mortgage Applications Drop - Hover Near 19 Year Lows
• Zero HedgeDespite being told by Bullard, Yellen (and numerous other Federal Reserve thinkers) that quantitative easing was aimed at improving the housing market, the data suggests that - somewhat predictably - it did very little for mom-and-pop organic real ho
I Didn't Know That : Concrete Tent
• http://www.youtube.com, National GeographicWatch Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips quickly construct a building made of concrete canvas—a material that has all the elements of concrete, but is flexible enough to be turned into any shape.
How to pack a whole lot of living into 221 square feet
• treehugger.comOne of the key limitations in the design of many tiny houses is the fact that they have to be built on trailer chassis.
Warped, Distorted, Manipulated, Flipped Housing Market
• Lewrockwell.comThe report from RealtyTrac last week proves beyond the shadow of a doubt the supposed housing market recovery is a complete and utter fraud.
You Can Buy A House For One Dollar Or Less In Economically Depressed Cities All Over America
• By Michael SnyderWould you like to buy a house for one dollar?
Russia races to complete hotels amid security concerns
• http://news.yahoo.com, By Stuart WILLIAMSThe organisers of Sochi Olympics on Sunday raced to finish all the hotels for the start of the Games in less than a week, as Australia banned athletes from leaving the Olympic zones due to security worries.
No, The Plunge In Home Sales Was "Not" Due To Cold Weather
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenThis morning's utter collapse in pending home sales - a 6-sigma miss by 'economists' unaware that it was cold in December - has been ushered away on the back of "weather" reasoning.
Meet The People Who Want To Print A Home In A Day
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rupert GoodwinsThe open-source construction system WikiHouse could upend architecture as we know it.
A Teeny House Filled With Clever, Space-Saving Contraptions
• http://www.wired.com, By Joseph FlahertyTrap doors and secret passages are usually associated with moldy, ancient castles or creaky old money manor houses, but Spanish architecture firm Elii has managed to pack a tiny, 620 square-foot attic loft in Madrid with a bevy of space-saving contra
An Architect Built This Stunning, 196-Square-Foot 'Tiny Home' In Idaho
• Business InsiderBoise, Idaho-area architect Macy Miller traded her 2,500-square-foot residence for a 196-square-foot home she built herself after dealing with a long and complex foreclosure settlement.
Gizmag talks to the creators of The Tiny Project – less house, more life
• gizmag.comFollowing in the footsteps of the Tiny Tack House and Pocket Shelter, American web designer Alek Lisefski has recently finished building his very own tiny house on wheels.
Good Timing! Financial Times Affirms the Canadian Real-Estate Bust
• The Daily BellLooks like we interviewed Seth Daniels at just the right time.
Massive 3D printer concept can print a house in 24 hours
• http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFaddenThere's a housing crisis going on around the globe. Populations are on the rise and city centers just can't meet the ever-growing demand.
An Update On The Housing "Recovery"
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenIn July of last year, I asked the question of whether housing was really recovering or not?
NASA's plan to build homes on the Moon:
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk, Ellie ZolfagharifardTechnology will see lunar soil layers built up in a pre-determined design System will work like a giant 3D printer using a nozzle and moveable gantry Could create curved walls and architecture that is 'exotic' and 'beautiful' Aside from buildings
Half of Every Mortgaged Home in America Still Completely Underwater-Fabian Calvo
• usawatchdog.comForget what you are hearing about stiffer mortgage lending requirements. It’s not true. Real estate expert Fabian Calvo says, “If you can fog up a mirror or you have a pulse, they will give you a home loan.
Why I Bought A House In Detroit For $500 (Buzzfeed Article)
• http://www.dailypaul.com, By Drew PhilpAfter college, as my friends left Michigan for better opportunities, I was determined to help fix this broken, chaotic city by building my own home in the middle of it. I was 23 years old.
These Skinny Micro Housing Designs Would Let You Live Between Buildings
• Business InsiderWith more and more people choosing to live in cities, there is less and less affordable housing available, meaning that some municipalities are trying out things like micro-housing or relaxed zoning laws to meet up with the demand.
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