Housing & Lofts Archive
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For Gen Y, it’s not about the dream home, but the dream ‘hood: With the Gen Y generation, the largest demographic in U.S. history with
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Developers favoring walkable over car-oriented 3 to 1: We know the demand for walkable communities is there, but what about
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Small Cool Apartment 2010′ winners: Moving into smaller homes hasn’t only become a financial necessity, it’s fast
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The 270 s.f. micro-loft announced in Vancouver: Can you say $675 a month to rent your very own newly
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Mini-condos on the rise in walkable urban areas: For emerging generations, ‘quality of life’ does not mean quantity of life,
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Crowdsourcing the design of live-work: Washington DC developer Jair Lynch has a unique live-work space in their
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Church transformed into attainably-priced lofts: Sometimes a higher calling means living in a home one could actually
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Financed crowdsourcing of green homes in DC: Crowdsourcing is often used as a tool to prove there’s a market
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Americans are moving on up to smaller, smarter homes: As many now know, housing sizes have peaked, and articles like USA
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The housing crisis – illustrated: For a simple look at one reason why U.S. residents are having
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Hint of crowdsourcing attainably-priced homes: There seems to be some fairly strong evidence that the price of
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Boston attempts to preserve artist hoods: It’s not easy to resist gentrification, but at least the City of
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The 344 s.f. ‘Domestic Transformer’ apartment: You live in a studio, but you wish you had a dining
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Green orgs crowdsourcing DC homes: If there’s one thing I’m glad to see, it’s not just nonprofits
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Young renters want small spaces, big appeal: That’s the headline for a recent USA Today article, as developers go
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Learning from the cohousing model: For many, the image that first pops into people’s heads who have
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Small is cool in Seattle: While we may be familiar with city policies promoting car-free living, what
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Apartment Therapy Fall Colors ’08 winners: It’s that time of year again, to profile the apartments that best
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Developers provide green incentives for home buyers: There’s an emerging market for green housing and transportation, and in the
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Serving creatives seeking homes in cool towns: One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is related to
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SF provides models for workforce housing: You may be noticing a lot of bicycle posts lately, reflecting a
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Creatives already ahead of the financial crisis: Perhaps too many people buying homes they couldn’t afford wasn’t the problem
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Can attainable green condos be crowdsourced?: Following the announcement of a green home crowdsourcing program in July 2008,
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250 s.f. condos for first-time home buyers: The median home price in San Francisco is $749,000, so being able
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Green home crowdsourcing program launches: Buying an attainably-priced green home is a no brainer for most creatives
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International Small Cool Apartments 2008: Not to be outdone by the smallest coolest apartments in the U.S.
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The continued rise of the home office: We hear a lot of buzz about the popularity of people working
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Workforce housing’ and why local businesses want it: Imagine if half of all your employees suddenly couldn’t afford to live
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The ultimate small apartment design guide: If you live in an apartment and you care about good design,