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Study: Rate of decline in house prices slows

Newsvine - business  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 15:23

Prices of single-family homes fell in the second quarter, but at a slower rate than in the previous three-month period, an economic analysis company said Thursday.


 

U.S. Economy: Home Construction Hits 17-Year Low

Newsvine - business  Thu, 07/17/2008 - 13:53

Bloomberg reports: Builders started work in June on the fewest single-family U.S. homes since 1991 and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region contracted for an eighth straight month, signaling the economic slowdown is worsening.


 

High gasoline prices changing lawn-mowing habits

Newsvine - business  Fri, 06/20/2008 - 05:46

When Eric King moved from his apartment in Pittsburgh to a single-family home with a lawn, he bought a manual lawn mower instead of the usual gas-powered kind.

He figures he's putting money in his pocket and saving trips to the filling station.