Fancy modern decoration? New and sexy: the see-through bath
It's time to get naked, and show it to the world! No intimacy in the bathroom whatsoever, but pure beauty of bodies with this see-through bath.
Warning of Housing Crisis
Housing Crisis will get worse in United Kingdom
UK .- "The National Housing Federation (NHF) has warned that a chronic under supply of homes is plunging the house market in to crisis. A study by the National Housing Federation (NHF) predicts that home ownership in England alone will fall from 67 per cent to 63.8 per cent over the next decade.
Oxford economics commissioned research recently that showed home ownership has been steadily falling for the last 10 years and this could decline further from its current rate. This forecast is based on assumptions that affordability will worsen as employment and wages fall and house prices rise over the next 5 year."
How European Crisis Might Play Out And The Impending Recession
Excellent article examines German and European Crisis
"The problem here is simple and everyone knows the story by now. Germany benefited from a weak Euro relative to what it otherwise would have experienced had it not been a part of the EU.
Their growth and exports skyrocketed and the lesser nations from an economic and financial standpoint (often referred to collectively as the PIIGS) borrowed from Germany essentially to finance current account deficits as they took advantage of much lower interest rates due to their affiliation with Germany via the Euro.
These PIIGS lived up to their name in eating up every source of financing they could."
Its conclusion:
"You cannot borrow more than you can pay back and if you do, you will pay for it eventually either via war, severe or hyperinflation, deflation, depression etc.
The market won’t disappear and we will get back to the “good times” eventually. However, the 90s were an aberration where everyone made money like in the roaring twenties, and we all know what happened there.
We have a solid 5-10 years of pain before we can get our house in order and get back to a “normal” economy, if there is such a thing".
Concrete and White
Decorate your entrance hall with a parisian style
Vosges Paris. A story in concrete and white.
One of those blogs with style. Its black and white images remind us to the Europe of the 20's. This one in particular: chic wardrobe with unique lighting.
Like it Pure and Simple
A rural resort in Andalucia, Spain
Andalucía: land of the whitest white and the purest simplicity. Here's a rural resort in Vejer de la Frontera.
“I’m very proud of it. It’s our house, but it’s quite special because it’s one of the few houses in the town which has retained the really traditional style.” - Christina.
US Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages
Federal Housing Finance suits are aimed at Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank
"The federal agency that oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is set to file suits against more than a dozen big banks, accusing them of misrepresenting the quality of mortgage securities they assembled and sold at the height of the housing bubble, and seeking billions of dollars in compensation.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency suits, which are expected to be filed in the coming days in federal court, are aimed at Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, among others, according to three individuals briefed on the matter.
The suits stem from subpoenas the finance agency issued to banks a year ago. If the case is not filed Friday, they said, it will come Tuesday, shortly before a deadline expires for the housing agency to file claims".
Wealthy Londoners Expand Homes Underground
Seeking Space, Well-to-Do Londoners Dig Deep
"To compensate for the lack of natural light around his new basement swimming pool, one London homeowner installed an outdoor camera that projects real-time images of the changing sky onto the pool ceiling. To assuage the concerns of swimmers who hate cramped spaces, another resident dug down so far beneath the earth that his pool is 16 feet deep and has a high-diving board.
Britain is not immune from the housing slump, and London is still reeling from last month’s riots. But never mind. In a city that has some of the richest people and most expensive real estate in the world, well-off homeowners who have exhausted the traditional methods of home expansion — build up, or build out — are enthusiastically branching out the only other way possible: down."
Decorate chic: Paris vs New York
Iconographies to decorate your walls
Bagel or baguette? J.F.K. or C.D.G.? Pigeons or rats? These abiding questions are the central conceit of Paris Versus New York: A Tally of Two Cities, the Web site by the Parisian graphic designer Vahram Muratyan.
A metropolitan touch to your city apartment.
A Norwegian Home
Decorate your home in a Norwegian style
"Everything you would expect a stylish Norwegian home to be. White, bright with views to die for. Imagine wasting time lying on the deck just watching the sail boats glide by..."
Key element: glass walls. Let your house breath.
The Hottest International Housing Markets
Hong Kong, Brazil or France are in the top list for real estate investment
Even as the value of residential real estate around the developed world continued its multi-year plunge in the second quarter, some countries bucked the trend. In seven national markets, housing values rose by more than 5 per cent in the second quarter compared to the second quarter of 2010. In two countries, prices rose nearly 20 per cent.
Data from the Global Property Guide for second quarter real estate values around the world reveals values in the U.S. dropped by 9.05 per cent in the period. Predictably, Greece, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal are the other nations with deep housing value problems. In Greece, property values fell 9.9 per cent in the second quarter of this year from the second quarter of 2010. That drop was 15 per cent in Ireland. Each of these European nations has deep deficit problems and has instituted austerity packages, which have tended to hurt growth and employment. Also, each is in the process of being financially bailed out by other nations in the EU.
Among the top countries to invest are: Hong Kong, Brazil, Thailand, Taiwan, Norway, Singapore, France or Switzerland.
Read complete list here: 247wallst.com