September 11, 2009
  Constricted Credit Still Putting the Squeeze on Architecture Firms
 With clients unable to secure credit for projects—from high-end residential to commercial developers—three architects describe how they are coping as they wait for the light at the end of the tunnel.

kiplinger connection
Real Estate • The Economy • Financial Services
Real Estate: Office vacancies rising (for developers, bad; renters, good)
The Economy: The slowing jobless rate rise will peak in 2010 at 10 percent
Financial Services: Lenders and banks hurting from new rules, high rates.

 

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