housing

Map Your Housing Search With HotPads

The DC-based startup launches a new feature today, which helps you quickly visualize the priciest and cheapest listings in an area.READ MORE›

Designing the Future of Housing for India's Poorest

Micro Home Solutions is intent on bringing an interdisciplinary approach to low-income housing in Delhi, India--complete with sociologists, economists, urban planners, architects, and engineers. Challenges abound, including the fact that "there's no Hindi word for architecture."READ MORE›

Qatar's Solution for World Cup Housing: Cruise Ships

Qatar lacks enough hotel rooms for the World Cup but has too many for everyday use. The solution: Cruise ships. But will all the rooms be snagged by contractors?READ MORE›

United Nations Asks: How Will You Celebrate Housing Crisis Day?

World Habitat Day is on October 4th.READ MORE›

Ecomat's Lego-like Sustainable Bricks Are Earthquake-Resistant Building Blocks of Life

On show in Milan last week were Ecomat's Lego-esque building bricks. They're made from sustainable materials, are earthquake-proof, and suitable for both permanent and temporary structures. Do you think the fact that some of the ...READ MORE›

Want a Sustainable Dreamhome Design, for Free? Vote Now

FreeGreen, which distributes free blueprints for sustainable houses, is letting the public help choose the next design it will offer. That's not just a marketing gimmick--it gets to the core of their business model.READ MORE›

Paul Rudolph Houses Preserved...But Only in Photographs

Chris Mottalini's photo project documents the brutalist master's houses before they are demolished.READ MORE›

Do You Love Nature, Live Green, Hate the Outdoors? Ecopod Is for You

A luxurious, low-impact retreat located on some of the most beautiful land in Scotland.READ MORE›

Save Detroit! One Inch, One Dollar at a Time

Loveland is a real estate program to sell off some of Detroit's 40 square miles of vacant land for $1 per inch.READ MORE›

• Demolishing Density in Detroit

Homeslice: 584k Building Permits Issued in November, Best Month in a Year

Good news on the ground-breaking front: more new homes were begun in November than at any point over the previous 12 months. New housing projects were up 8.9% last month, with fresh building permits nationally hitting 584, 000, the ...READ MORE›

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 MORE›

• Now: November 2009
• Toast: Tequila's Sunrise

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 MORE›