Housing

The conventional wisdom that some financial institutions or forces are 'too big to fail' will not hold true for housing: according to Peter Schiff, Fed governor Ben Bernanke is gambling with the problem of the housing bubble, not addressing it.

March 3, 2006 - PrudentBear.com

Citing an increased need for housing affordability, Bloomberg establishes a task force to examine an outdated pro-development city initiative.

March 3, 2006 - The New York Observer

Welcome to the first self-planned housing development for the elderly.

March 2, 2006 - The New York Times

A law intended to clarify non-discriminatory requirements for lenders -- and upping violation fines dramatically -- could actually scare banks away from doing any business in Montgomery County, Maryland.

March 1, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

Will a new bill help those entering the confusing legal labyrinth of homeowner associations, including some purported to force residents to sign away their constitutional rights?

February 28, 2006 - New Jersey Star-Ledger

American bay boomers are cashing out of the U.S. housing market and trying out early retirement in Baja.

February 27, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Planning for 2 million additional Bay Area residents in 25 years, three regional agencies will tie transportation funding to land use development to promote medium and high density housing within 1/2 mile of transit centers.

February 22, 2006 - San Francisco Examiner

A website provides an estimate of the market value of almost any home in the U.S. along with other information such as recent sale price and value of neighboring homes.

February 21, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Atlanta's Atlantic Station introduces a new community to the 'trendy suburban antidote' of New Urbanism.

February 17, 2006 - Business Week

Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin has called for a sweeping update of the city's zoning ordinance in the face of the 'McMansionization' of some of the city's intown neighborhoods.

February 16, 2006 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

For the first time in decades Detroit has captured the largest increase in housing units for its seven county metro area, despite still large numbers of people leaving the city on an annual basis.

February 16, 2006 - The Detroit Free Press

Residents of mobile home parks being bulldozed to make way for new homes and apartments find they have no place to go.

February 15, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

What event is 'a watershed in human history, comparable to the Neolithic or Industrial revolutions'?

February 15, 2006 - The Village Voice

In remote Modoc County, the median home price just passed $100,000 -- and this only six-and-a-half hours from San Francisco.

February 14, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Residents of Rome's historic center are protesting exorbitant rental prices, prompting a decree from Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi postponing a slew of evictions.

February 14, 2006 - Associated Press via Chicago Tribune

Aerial photos and maps display elaborately researched price estimates for neighborhood properties.

February 13, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

Recent reports show sharp rise in home inventories, along with a decline in new orders across the U.S.

February 12, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

While some of the thousands of Katrina evacuees being evicted from their FEMA-funded hotel rooms have found other living arrangements, many others are facing homelessness.

February 9, 2006 - Associated Press

The Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey finds Vancouver housing to be 'severely unaffordable', and 15th worst worldwide.

January 31, 2006 - The Vancouver Sun

This brief describes a new information tool developed by the Urban Markets Initiative to quantify, for the first time, the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices.

January 30, 2006 - The Brookings Institution