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Live smaller, work closer, shed excess

ULI's forecast of the next few years envisions a combination of scarcity and density that could should be good news for well-ordered urban places.

3 Dec 27 2011 5:53pm
Smart growth will lead to economic growth, New Jersey residents say

A poll by Monmouth University shows that the public associates smart growth with an improving economy.

Oct 12 2011 2:25pm
Seaside weathers the real estate storm

Home prices in the Florida Panhandle resort are reported to have held up better than those elsewhere.

Sep 23 2011 7:34am
To be poor and isolated by sprawl

The character of US suburbs is changing and becoming poorer — especially in the Midwest, but also significantly in the Northeast and South.

3 May 17 2011 8:46am
The coming housing calamity

The great senior sell-off, rising household sizes, dropping homeownership, tighter lending standards, and other reasons why the next decade will be a disaster for homebuilders

9 Apr 28 2011 6:56am
Transit: Economic development for the 21st Century

Transit inserted into the heart of metro areas, near employment opportunities and with good planning, can help to bring us out of the economic malaise.

4 Apr 5 2011 6:10am
Maryland finding: Close-in housing has held value better

In the real estate downturn since 2007, houses outside state's Priority Funding Areas declined in value faster than those inside the boundaries.

Mar 4 2011 11:49pm
With stimulus, transit dollars put more to work

Each dollar used on transit was 75 percent more effective at putting people to work than a dollar used for highway work.

Feb 4 2011 11:42am
Pedestrian and bike projects are top job generators

Using Baltimore as a case study, a UMass researcher finds that bicycle and pedestrian upgrades generate substantially more jobs than road repairs and improvements.

Jan 22 2011 9:24am
No McMansions for millennials

Generation Y, 80 million strong, is showing a strong preference for living where the things that people need are within a comfortable walk.

Jan 20 2011 12:47pm