Housing Starts Continue to Suck

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U.S. builders broke ground in November on the fewest new homes since record-keeping began, signaling the housing slump will extend into a fourth year. Dwindling sales and multiplying foreclosures are forcing builders to hold off starting new homes. Decreases in construction spending continue to drag on the economy, increasing the odds of a prolonged recession. We’re still looking for further declines from here, said Adam York, an economist at Wachovia Corp. in Charlotte, North Carolina, who had the lowest forecast in the Bloomberg survey. This is the effect of the economy really slowing down in late September, early October.
— Bloomberg

By Brownstoner | 12/16/2008 10:35 AM

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Friday Links

Are We There Yet? Thursday Blogwrap

Closing Bell: Heights Montessori Renovated, Expanded

Building of the Day: 1050 Atlantic Avenue

Progress at New Hello Living Development

Hasidic Art Gallery Opens in Crown Heights

House of the Day: 41 Jefferson Avenue

The Insider

The Insider: Attic ‘Cabin’ in Fort Greene

The Insider: Gentle Reno in Prospect Heights

The Insider: Nordic Edge in Park Slope

The Insider: Beautiful Basement in Prospect Lefferts

The Insider: Uber-Stylish Townhouse in Prospect Heights

The Insider: Fresh Take in Park Slope

The Insider: Speedy Reno in Williamsburg

The Insider: Carroll Gardens Mini-House

The Insider: Vertical Loft House in Park Slope

The Insider: Kid Stuff in Boerum Hill

The Insider: Super-Modern Addition in Brooklyn Heights

The Insider: Pretty Parlor Floor in Fort Greene

The Insider: Letting in Light in Prospect Heights

The Insider: Pre-War Gut in Brooklyn Heights

The Insider: Apartment into Loft in Brooklyn Heights

The Outsider

The Outsider: Viewing Garden in Park Slope

The Outsider: Perennial Power in Windsor Terrace

The Outsider: Rooftop Farm in Bed-Stuy

The Outsider: L-Shaped Deck in Park Slope

The Outsider: Gardening on Concrete in Williamsburg

Interview

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The Hot Seat: Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky

Manhattanite Marisa Tomei Does Make Pilgrimages To Her Native Flatbush, Mostly For The Pizza

The Hot Seat: Gretchen Maneval

The Hot Seat: Stephanie Corrado

The Hot Seat: Joseph Nocella

The Hot Seat: Mary Kay Gallagher

The Insider: Apartment into Loft in Brooklyn Heights

The Hot Seat: Amy Sananman

The Hot Seat: Regina Myer

The Hot Seat: Jennifer Lantzas

The Hot Seat: Shai Lauros

The Hot Seat: Mary Catherine McGarvey & Anna Robinson

The Hot Seat: David Von Spreckelsen

The Hot Seat: Amy Hughes

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Closing Bell: Bike to School Day Tomorrow

Closing Bell: Inside Loew’s 46th Street Theater

Closing Bell: It’s Record Fair Weekend!

Closing Bell: Slope’s Gorilla Coffee Gets Bike Parking

Closing Bell: The Sky’s the Limit in Coney Island

Closing Bell: Bed Stuy Beautification Over Weekend

Closing Bell: Skies Clear for the Flea

Closing Bell: Is There a World Beyond Manhattan?

Closing Bell: JJ Byrne Park Reopens This Friday

Closing Bell: Free Tree Giveaway at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Closing Bell: The Slope Show

Closing Bell: Starry Eyed at Smorgasburg

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Building of the Day: 2307 Beverley Road

Building of the Day: 24 Fourth Avenue

Building of the Day: 201 Chauncey Street

Building of the Day: 385 Henry Street

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Building of the Day: 1267 Pacific Street

Building of the Day: 76-104 Bainbridge Street

Building of the Day: 245 Flatbush Avenue

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Rental of the Day: 39 Pearl Street

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Rental of the Day: 75 Poplar Street

Rental of the Day: 313 Adelphi Street, #2

Rental of the Day: 179 Monroe Street

Rental of the Day: 49 Westminster Road

Rental of the Day: 123 Henry Street

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Rental of the Day: 18 Alice Court

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Catholic Church Sells Landmark Fort Greene Building

Flatbush Sears Store May Yet be Named a Landmark

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Jazz Club Coming to 960 Atlantic Avenue

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Kid-Friendly Company Moving to 380 Court St.

Sisters Hardware No More on Fulton Street

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Barclays Center Booze License Meeting: Questions, Resignation

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Closing Bell: Bridge Rehab Slightly Behind Schedule

Dumbo Residents Outraged by ‘Dangerous’ B25 Bus Route

Food and Drink

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Info on a New Restaurant for Franklin Ave, ‘Mayfield’

Open and Shut

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Brooklyn Crab Making Progress in Red Hook

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‘Crispy Mr. Chicken’ Announces Itself on 4th Avenue

Slope Beer Garden, Die Koelner Bierhalle, May Open Soon!

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Open and Shut

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Open and Shut

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Municipal Building Heading to Landmarks Soon

Commercial Klutch: May Edition

Open and Shut

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Steiner Goes Big in Carroll Gardens

Century 21 is Opening at City Point on the Fulton Mall!

Open and Shut

MetroTech Gets Its First Actual Tech Company

What Sort of Retail Will 470 Vanderbilt Get?

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Market

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MNS: New Development Prices Up in 2011

Mortgage Rates Hit Record Lows

Is the Housing Bottom Here?

‘Fragile Stability’ Seen in Fourth Quarter Market

Buying a Better Deal Than Renting in Most Cities

New Townhouse Listings Slow to a Crawl

New York Still Faring Better Than Most Cities

Elliman: Prices Up, Sales Down in 4th Quarter

Corcoran’s 4Q Data Sending Mixed Messages

Halstead: Second Half Prices Show Big Uptick

Drowning In Data: Market Report Season

TerraCRG: Commercial Real Estate Stabilizing

Lots of Brooklyn in The Sunday Times

Corco: More Listings, More Absorption

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Walkabout: America’s Best Bad Actor, Corse Payton, 2

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Walkabout: The Lords of Owl’s Head, part 3

Walkabout: The Lords of Owl’s Head, part 2

Walkabout: The Lords of Owl’s Head, part 1

Walkabout: Brooklyn’s St. George Hotel, part 7

Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Hotel St. George, part 6

Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Hotel St. George, part 5

Walkabout: You’d have to be a saint…Part 2

Walkabout: You’d have to be a saint to put up with this

Walkabout: Murder in the Cathedral

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Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Hotel St. George, part 3

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