Note: This is a paid review through the Review Me program. The housing market has cooled in the last few months with the appreciation rate dropping from almost 12% to 0.4% signaling signs of an impending recession even from the former Fed Res. Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan. However, the rental market is buoyant as ever [...]
I live in a college town so probably can identify with the lure of one. UConn is taking that seriously as it sets out to build a college town from scratch. Technorati Tags: college town, university, housing, city center, UConn
The best thing about Google Maps is the mashups you can do with different customizable services. MyApartmentMap was only waiting to be implemented. Fall is upon us and thousands of students will be apartment hunting not to mention working professionals who keep moving around. Looking for an apartment can be crazy although Craigslist has made [...]
The English government has hit upon a great idea to solve the affordable housing problem without building any. Houses left empty for more than a year by owners will be seized and leased by local authorities under new plans [via]. Of course, vacant buildings with valid reasons (for-sale, holiday homes, second homes, etc) will be [...]
As I am continuously finding out, the wonderful thing about studying urban planning is to see the issues we study about simultaneously playing around in our community. We have been studying effect of zoning ordinances in our Housing and Community class and were handed a live case study to analyze. The fact that I could [...]