Real Estate Boom and Bust

North Dakota

Ghost Towns Remain After Rush to Build in North Dakota Oil Boom

Bloomberg details the sudden, catastrophic decline of the real estate market in North Dakota following the oil bust of the last year. Municipalities and investors are on the hook for thousands of new and approved building units.

September 30, 2015 - Bloomberg Business

Good News? Housing Prices Now Rising at a Less Meteoric Pace

Neil Irwin takes an optimist's view toward recent data that show a slowing rate of increase for the price of housing in many parts of the country: "the new data offer hints that a disastrous era for housing may be ending."

August 27, 2014 - New York Times - The Upshot

Seeing a Bright Side to the Architecture Meltdown

Frances Anderton pens a response to recent hand wringing about the future of the architecture profession, opining on the cyclical nature of the profession and her reasons for optimism.

February 10, 2012 - Design & Architecture Blog

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