News tagged with housing
Housing growth near national parks may limit conservation value
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The growth of housing near national parks, national forests and wilderness areas within the United States may limit the conservation value that these protected areas were designed to create in the first place, a new study ...
Another wave of foreclosures likely in new year
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As we near the end of the year, Phoenix-area home prices have started to go up, but another wave of foreclosures is likely to hit soon. That's according to the author of the latest Realty Studies report from ...
Recession may be over, but recovery will be gradual
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the severe national recession of the past two years finally behind us, the pace of economic recovery will be slow and unemployment will remain high for quite some time, say economists at the University ...
Study looks at effect of high foreclosure rates on local tax bases
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Foreclosed homes and unsustainable growth can wreck the tax base of local governments. That’s the warning being issued by Auburn University’s Center for Governmental Services following its study of newly ...
SmartZip pinpoints hot homes in US foreclosure market
Aug 19, 2009 |
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SmartZip has built a free online tool for prospective home buyers and real estate investors eager to mine gems from the rubble of the US foreclosure avalanche.
The benefit of migration
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Immigrants from the eight Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in May 2004 are less likely to be claiming welfare benefits and less likely to be living in social housing than people born in ...
Many floors in U. S. homes have 'measurable' levels of pesticides
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Insecticides used in and around homes — including products voluntarily removed from the market years ago — were measured on the floors of U.S. residences, according to the first study large enough to generate ...
Free-range chickens are more prone to disease
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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Chickens kept in litter-based housing systems, including free-range chickens, are more prone to disease than chickens kept in cages, according to a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Acta Veterinaria Sc ...
Credit crunch hits cash-strapped homeowners
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Homeowners have drawn on their biggest asset, the roof over their heads, not to fund 'champagne moments' but to get through hard times; that's the finding of a preliminary study by Durham University.
