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Homebuilder unsold inventory swells to 2009 levels: Housing markets to watch

Fast Company Tech

new single-family homes has been rising: April 2018: 61,000 April 2019: 77,000 April 2020: 78,000 April 2021: 33,000 April 2022: 34,000 April 2023: 69,000 April 2024: 89,000 April 2025: 117,000 The April figure (117,000 unsold completed new homes) published last week is the highest level since July 2009 (126,000). While the U.S.

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Housing market deals emerge as builder inventory hits 2009 levels

Fast Company Tech

According to John Burns Research and Consulting, that’s the highest incentive level Lennar has offered since 2009—and it’s significantly higher than Lennar’s cycle low in Q2 2022, when it spent 1.5% At that incentive rate, a home with a $450,000 sticker price would come with nearly $60,000 in incentives.

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Here's why Windows 7 took so long to boot with solid color backgrounds in 2009

TechSpot

Soon after Microsoft released Windows 7 in October 2009, some users reported a 30-second delay when booting PCs if the desktop background was a solid color. Microsoft developer Raymond Chen explains the issue by outlining Windows' startup process. Read Entire Article

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Housing market weakness triggers Lennar to offer biggest incentives since 2009

Fast Company Tech

According to John Burns Research and Consulting [ see its historical chart here ], that’s the highest incentive level Lennar has offered since 2009—and it’s significantly higher than Lennar’s cycle low in Q2 2022, when it spent 1.5% At that incentive rate, a home with a $450,000 sticker price would come with nearly $60,000 in incentives.

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How to Create an Effective Email Communications Strategy for Your Next Peer-to-Peer Event

NonProfit PRO

For Pieta House, its Darkness into Light event began in 2009 with 400 participants at its signature Dublin event and evolved to 200,000 participants across 200 events in 16 countries a decade later. Peer-to-peer fundraising alone made substantial gains with millions more raised thanks to its e-communications strategy.

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Flagship iPhone prices have jumped 66% since 2009, but Tim Cook says people are happy to pay more for "the best"

TechSpot

Insider notes that when the iPhone 3G and 3GS launched in 2009, the latter model with its maximum storage and no contract cost $699, or $962 when adjusting for inflation. That's a lot less than the top-specced iPhone 14 Pro Max, which, when bought with 1TB of storage, costs $1,600, Read Entire Article

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Dell is issuing a security patch for hundreds of computer models going back to 2009

The Verge

Dell has released a security patch that fixes a security vulnerability affecting many Dell computers going back to 2009, along with instructions on how to install it if your computer is affected ( via threatpost ). Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge.

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