"What we're not going to see happen is the slowdown of existing producing oil and gas wells and the need to transport that oil and gas through pipeline infrastructure," says Harrison.
Reflecting what the chief executive of the New York State Association of Realtors, Charles M. Staro, called "a later-than-usual fall slowdown," sales of existing single-family homes across the state slipped by 23.1percentt in November, compared with October.
When combined with a general economic slowdown that has cut into sales of existing handsets and a series of embarrassing blunders, this is shaking the industry to its foundations.
NEW hotel developments could add nearly 3,000 rooms to the Manhattan market in 2008, a supply increase that might siphon travelers away from existing properties just as economists are forecasting an economic slowdown, or even a recession.
The result could be a slowdown in the market, or chaos if existing sales begin to be challenged.
If it fails, the district can still lobby for more funding from existing state sources, but with forecasts of an economic slowdown for California, this is an iffier proposition.
For Home Depot, the slowdown began in the third quarter -- when sales in existing stores rose 4percentt, compared with a 10percentt gain a year earlier -- and has continued in recent weeks.
The consensus is that a slowdown or a "correction" of property prices, and delays to some existing projects, are likely, but a crash impossible.
"In the U.K., the economic slowdown has reduced new business from increments and new members on our existing group pensions schemes".
The French nuclear power builders were faced with a slowdown in orders as EDF started to focus more on running its existing reactors, reducing prices for consumers and generating cash for dividends to shareholders.
