New Home Sales Plummet in November

Sales of new homes plunged in November by the largest amount in nearly 12 years, providing the most dramatic evidence yet that the red hot housing market over the last five years is starting to cool down. The Commerce Department reported Friday that new single-family homes were sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.245 million units last month, a drop of 11.3 percent from October, when sales had surged to an all-time high.

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Miraculous Recovery or Last Gasp?

After soaring for years, housing markets throughout the rich world have been looking wobbly for some time. But surprisingly strong data on mortgages and house-building released this week in America and Britain seem to signal at least a temporary reprieve. How long can this go on? And what will happen to the economy when it finally stops?

Economist

Google's 10 Golden Rules (Newsweek)

By Eric Schmidt and Hal Varian
Newsweek Article
Updated: 11:33 a.m. ET Dec. 2, 2005