http://www.multimedialisting.com Green Home Weblog Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:42:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Economists at Wells Fargo predict the economy will improve by the second half of 2009. "The ongoing impact of $2 trillion in government stimulus, with other factors such as pent-up consumer demand and returning consumer confidence, will finally lead to a turnaround, and the third quarter of next year will ... http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/worst-recession-since-the-30s-will-end-in-2009/ Credit where credit is due: Peter Schiff of brokerage Euro Pacific Capital saw this housing bust coming from a mile away. To prove his perspicacity, his brother (and p.r. agent) Andrew Schiff is recirculating some of the pieces that Peter wrote back in 2004, when most of us were just ... http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/peter-schiff-foresaw-the-housing-bust-way-early/ Reusing and revitalizing Brooklyn’s deteriorated East River waterfront began with a groundbreaking in February on the piers area and now a $48 million contract was awarded to Skanska for Phase I of the Brooklyn Bridge Park project in New York City. Commercial Property News - Northeast Realestate News http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/48m-first-phase-of-brooklyn-bridge-park-project-breaks-ground/ Where were you in March 2004? Because that's the last time home prices were as low as they are now, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index for October 2008, which was released on Dec. 30. Back then, prices were going up. Now they're going down. The ... http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/home-prices-are-back-to-march-2004-levels-where-were-you-then/ The activist group ACORN got a bad rap during the recent presidential campaign when John McCain accused them of using paid solicitors to sign up bogus voters. Barack Obama had to distance himself from the group, which has been a big advocate for low income homeowners. ACORN has come out slugging ... http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/acorn-calls-for-more-loan-modifications/ SL Green Realty Corp. has slashed a planned dividend payment in efforts to pay down debt and conserve funds for future investments. The company set the new dividend payment at $0.375 per common share for the fourth quarter of 2008. The third quarter dividend was $0.7875 per share. Commercial Property News ... http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/sl-green-aims-to-raise-95m-with-sharp-dividend-cut/ In preparation for our exposed house this weekend , I made a speedy document with a bulleted list of all of the LEED for Homes points we are plumping after to attain LEED Platinum in the 100K House. It is introductory, but I reckoned I’d put up it hither since ... http://www.multimedialisting.com/sell-house/bulleted-list-of-the-100k-leed-checklist-targets/ The hot water goes cold, the air conditioner goes hot or maybe the washing machine's spin cycle is starting to sound like a Harley-Davidson rally. Alas, your warranty on the appliance in question expired long ago. Suddenly you're faced with a tough, potentially pricey decision: fix ... http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/when-good-appliances-go-bad/ So much about home prices, what about investments in shopping centers? The research firm Green Street Advisors says real estate investment trusts that own strip shopping centers are taking a beating as consumers cut back on spending this holiday season. As aresult the shopping center operators have cut their own spending ... http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/shopping-centers-in-survival-mode/ The number of existing homes sold during November plummeted 8.6% as prices plunged by record amounts, according to a closely watched housing industry report issued Tuesday.Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.multimedialisting.com/news/home-sales-prices-in-deep-plunge/