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[unable to retrieve full-text content] – by New Deal democrat Yesterday’s report on existing home sales indicated, at least for one month, a pause or even reversal in the previous trend of abating price increases and increased inventory. While existing home sales are  not nearly so important to the economy as new home sales, to the extent that home buyers […] The post October existing home sales: a pause, or possibly reversal, in the rebalancing trend appeared...

But for a few coincidences in Life, this is probably what I would have been doing. More than likely, I did not have the vision Wright or the others studying with me. I found my niche elsewhere. One can dream, can’t they? It is an interesting piece by Lloyd. It would be fun just to tour these homes. Lindal Cedar Homes gives Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian homes a second life by Lloyd Alter Carbon Upfront Lindal Cedar Homes has teamed up...

by Lloyd Alter Carbon Upfront! Over on Linkedin, UK Passivhaus developer Paul Richards complains, “There must be a clear step by step guide for Homeowners and occupiers, people are desperate to improve the efficiency and environment, but are lacking a guide as to what to do first, what are the small steps people can undertake without breaking an already stretched bank? Is there a common sense approach to retrofit?” This is something I...

 – by New Deal democrat We finished housing data for the month with this morning’s report on new single family home sales and prices. As I usually point out, new home sales are the most leading of the housing construction metrics, but they are noisy and heavily revised.  That was true again in May. Sales (blue in the second graph below) declined -11.3% m/m to 619,000 annualized, after April was revised sharply higher by +64,000 to 698,000. As...