Housing in U.S. Poised to Worsen, Derivatives Show Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
The slumping U.S. housing market is about to get a lot worse, according to traders of mortgage-backed securities and the so-called derivatives on which they are based.
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Be Wary Of The Housing Market Posted: 2 years ago by musicgirldani
'The housing market will get worse before it gets better'
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Free broadband, walk-in closets: US upgrades housing for troops Posted: 2 years ago by hisidea
Fort Dix in New Jersey is starting to provide comfortable, suburban-style housing to troops stationed there. The reaction: "Oh, wow!" said Army Command Sgt. Maj. Ken Davidson as he walked through the modern kitchen of a townhouse yesterday. "This brings families into the modern era of housing."
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Bush Takes a Different Route On Housing plan for victims Posted: 2 years ago by Arrch8
The Bush administration is trying to repair its emergency housing policies to avoid the uproar that followed Hurricane Katrina.
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SWAT team stops riot as crowd was demanding housing assisance Posted: 10 months ago by fugazi
A riot almost occurred in Florida as a massive crowd refused to accept that 600 applications were a sufficient number
In a scene reminiscent of a rock concert where the surging crowd crushes people, the police were needed to be called in to protect the lives of the peaceful applicants and the employees
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Space Colony Art from the 1970s Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
A couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made.
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100 X 100 Posted: 2 years ago by gnikgnok
Photographer Michael Wolf has a new exhibit of his photos of the 100 different units in a Hong Kong public housing building. The amazing thing is each "apartment" is 100 square feet in size.
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Slideshow: Instant Housing and Designing for Disaster Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
A growing number of architects and designers is exploring humanitarian design for people displaced by a natural disaster or other emergency. This gallery shows some of the most promising quick-fix shelters, from inflatable concrete tents to houses made from recycled wood pallets.
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Genius Design: The House That Moves With You Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
Tempohousing is a Dutch company using old freight containers-and turning them into student housing. The units can stand on their own or be stacked into "blocks" with centralized electricity.
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Gold Rush in Reverse Posted: 1 year ago by cheeselog1234
So Californians are leaving California, surprised? Housing is expensive, cost of living is on the rise...yada yada. But the weather is nice! Too bad the weather doesn't pay the bills. The comments at the bottom were entertaining as well.
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