Category Archives: Housing

Want a Lego-style home in just a few weeks?

PopUp House, located in France, offers a variety of kits for houses and offices which can be be built in less than a month. Unlike typical U.S. style two-by-four home construction, the PopUp House has been intentionally designed to be assembled quickly using pre-formed parts and only a standard screwdriver. This design choice offers the […]

Bangladeshi Inventor Creates Electricity-Free Air Conditioner Out of Plastic Bottles

What a brilliant idea to repurpose plastic drink bottles into low-tech, low-energy air conditioners! If it works as claimed, it could also be applied in other areas to cut current electricity demand. Source: Bangladeshi Inventor Creates Electricity-Free Air Conditioner Out of Plastic Bottles

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The seeds of the next housing crisis have already been planted

We’re seeing the same telltale signs that we did a decade ago, writes Michael Brush in a recent MarketWatch article. Does that mean we have planted the seeds for the next housing crash? Read on and decide if you agree or not.

Source: The seeds of the next housing crisis have already been planted – MarketWatch

“Mr. Fuller, Why would you build a round house?”

Round homes were the preferred choice of our ancient ancestors. Could they be making a comeback as we become more conscientious about efficiencies? Source: “Mr. Fuller, Why would you build a round house?” : TreeHugger

The Housing Supply Problem

US housing supply can’t keep up with accelerating demand, which forces home prices and rents up. The article suggests that this imbalance could potentially wake the sleeping inflation dragon and force the Fed to raise rates more frequently and aggressively than expected. Source: Housing market supply problem – Business Insider

Zappos’ multimillionaire CEO explains why he lives in a trailer park with his two pet llamas – Yahoo Finance

Zappos’ Founder,Tony Hsieh, moved from a luxury penthouse to a 240 square-foot trailer in a Las Vegas trailer park…intentionally…and has been happy ever since. Read the article to find out why. Source: Zappos’ multimillionaire CEO explains why he lives in a trailer park with his two pet llamas – Yahoo Finance

Family Builds Greenhouse Around Entire Home, Saves Big on Heating Bills

This is about a family that lives in a bubble…a house inside a greenhouse to be exact. What a great idea! This is a project I’ve fantasized about building for years but I’m happy to say this family has beaten me to it. With a durable enough greenhouse, the internal living quarters could be anything, even just […]

More than half of US renters older than 40, study says – Yahoo Finance

WASHINGTON (AP) — The majority of U.S. renters are now older than 40, a fundamental shift over the past decade that reflects the lasting damage of the housing crash and an aging population. Source: More than half of US renters older than 40, study says – Yahoo Finance

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Would You Live in a Plastic House?

For years we’ve heard how bad plastics are for the environment supported by countless stories of landfills overflowing with plastics, deadly toxins and hormonal disruptors, and a huge floating island of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. And now the plastic industry wants to build houses out of the stuff? Is it time to break out the picket signs and start protesting? Not so fast. Apparently, these aren’t your grandfather’s plastics anymore. According the American Chemistry Council, modern plastic building materials are much safer and efficient than their ancestors. The Plastics Make It Possible campaign built an experimental 200-foot tiny house to demonstrate the many benefits of building with modern plastic materials, many already used in housing construction today.

Source: Would You Live in a Plastic House?

Think you want a tiny house? Businesses offer a tryout first – Yahoo Finance

Due to a rapidly increasing interest in tiny houses, some innovative businesses are offering potential buyers the chance to test the waters before investing. Source: Think you want a tiny house? Businesses offer a tryout first – Yahoo Finance