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Residential Real Estate by the Numbers

It may be a buyer's market out there, but it isn't a broker's. Which makes this year's theme at the 2009 Realtors' Conference in San Diego (November 13 -- 16) -- "Chart a Winning Course" (keynoter: Condi Rice) -- seem both hopeful and sad. Here's a look at the business of homes.READ»

Canadian Funding Corporation Provides Innovative Loans

At Canadian Funding Corporation we pride ourselves on being a team of real estate and mortgage lending experts who have come together to fund deals that many regular lending institutions often overlook. We also love to share - ...READ»

Canadian Funding Corp: Verdant at Univercity

Affordable and green housing made possible for Simon Fraser University faculty and staff. READ»

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Mortgage Madness Inspires Two New Books

Alyssa Katz NYU journalism professor AUTHOR Edmund L. Andrews New York Times reporter Macro: Katz traces the crisis's roots to the twin push for lower-income homeownership and ...READ»

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Fire Your Architect: Hometta's House Plans Go Public in June

Affordable, modern architecture is a white whale. Which is where Hometta comes in. The site, which goes live next month, will offer modern house plans designed by 20 up-and-coming contemporary architects. The plans will range ...READ»

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Living on 2,000 Watts

Living on 2,000 watts is harder than it sounds--that's roughly a sixth of the average rate of energy consumption in America.* But GFRY Studio, a graduate course at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, challenged ...READ»

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What Exactly Is a "Passive House" and Why Should I Care?

The handsome home you see above represents the bleeding edge in green design: It's a "passive house," designed by Toronto's Paul Raff Studio. With "automated shades, passive ventilation and mature deciduous ...READ»

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Suburbia R.I.P.

Does the downturn spell the beginning of the end for suburbia? Some experts say yesterday's cul-de-sac is tomorrow's ghost town.READ»

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Which Senators Are Fighting Broadband Funding?

As the President's stimulus package approaches $1 trillion, the Senate is looking to cut the fat. In the senators' sights: about $6 billion in funding for expanded broadband access, much of it for wireless access in rural areas, among ...READ»

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You Only Hear What You Want To

The press is abuzz this morning about a new report saying sales of single family homes rose in December.  The rise in sales at the end of the year reverses a pretty significant slide that happened over the eleven (maybe more) months ...READ»

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The Problem with Self-Reliance in Today’s Housing Market

Emerson’s essay extols the virtues of self-reliance.  Indeed, the virtues proposed in this essay on self-reliance made this country what it is today.   But, self-reliance is more complex them simply fending for your ...READ»

Green Housing on the Rise Around the Globe

Green building is booming even more than expected, indicates a report released today by McGraw-Hill Construction. In our July/August issue, senior writer Linda Tischler reported that 10% of all U.S. housing starts will include some ...READ»

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