Housing
'Starter Castles' Change Historic Neighborhoods
In New Jersey, and across the country, housing communities deeply divided on the issue of over-sized 'McMansions'.
The 'Second Home' Phenomenon
The "second home" industry the is turning into an economic engine for resorts in the western U.S. is also a social experiment.
Developer Tactics To Avoid Housing Bust
Home-building communities are trying to quell speculation in the housing market.
Grass-Roots City Redevelopment in Baltimore
A neighborhood group in Baltimore fights out-of-town developers for city contracts to rehab houses, arguing that it does a better job of meeting the community's needs.
Battle Over Real Estate Listings Heats Up
The U.S. plans to file an antitrust suit against the National Association of Realtors for restricting access to real estate listings.
Buyers Embracing Larger Homes
Families that a generation ago were content with three bedrooms and a bath or two now are seeking homes with five or more bedrooms.
Housing's 800-Pound Gorilla
Homeowners associations are growing in numbers and power.
Seven 'Harsh' Real Estate Investment Truths
Wall Street Journal real estate columnist Jonathan Clements offers his seven "harsh truths" for investing in real estate -- even when the market is "silly".
Urban Rooftop Power Generation
In Scotland, the solution for reducing greenhouse gases and meeting energy demands may be blowing in the wind.
Green Neighborhoods
The neighborhood is a building block for sustainable development.
Affordable Housing Myths
Julie Bornstein offers insight into the myths and truths about affordable housing.
The Health Implications of the Built Environment
Research shows that urban planning needs to take an holistic, systems-based approach in order to create safe, healthy living environments.
What's Bad for General Motors...
Spiralling health care and pension costs (as well as loss of market share) are crippling GM, which may have serious consequences for the housing market and, indeed, the entire U.S. economy.
L.A.'s Latino Community Entering Home Market
Low-interest home loans and creative financing are helping a record number of Latinos buy homes.
Building Smaller, Community-Oriented Schools
Chicago's Public School CEO shares his strategies for planning Chicago's schools.
Suburban Developer Finds New Urbanism
Can a former suburban shopping center developer save downtown Cleveland from a 'death spiral?'
Merits of a Downtown Suburb Questioned
Density is not the only requirement of a successfull urban environment.
Hotel Rooms to Condos in Manhattan
Legendary Plaza Hotel will be converted mostly to owned apartments.
Rent Caps Divide College Town
It's landlords versus students and townies as College Park draws the line on rent increases
Housing First
Some advocates believe that providing the homeless with their own housing -– and not just relegating them to shelters -– is the only way to succeed.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
