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List of Improving Housing Markets Grows
The list of housing markets showing signs of improvement in home prices and overall market conditions in February has grown to nearly 100 cities, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index
Facing the Political Implications of Housing Crisis
With the next Republican primary in a state hard hit by the collapse of the housing bubble, free-market instincts collide with voters’ desperation.
Homes In 5 American Cities With Lowest Cost Of Living
This post originally appeared at Curbed. The Council for Community and Economic Research just released their annual ranking of the cheapest cities in the United States, as ranked by cost of
Housing Market's Recovery Still Unclear:Wells CFO
The housing market is improving but it's not clear whether it has hit its low yet, Wells Fargo Chief Financial Officer Timothy Sloan told CNBC.
Housing Inventory Ends Year Down 22% - Developments - WSJ
There were fewer homes listed for sale at the end of 2011 than in any of the previous four years, a positive sign for the housing sector.
Fed Officials Push Changes To Housing Policy
The Federal Reserve usually worries about interest rates and inflation. But lately, Fed officials have been focusing on housing. They've been out in public, pushing measures they think will help the housing market. David Wessel, economics editor a...
Houston to build more single-family homes in 2012
Single-family home starts are expected to rise 10 percent in Houston this year, ...
Renter Nation Rages On As New Reality
Despite record low mortgage rates reported today and rising affordability in most U.S. housing markets, rent is the new reality for former home owners and new households alike.
Apartment rent seen rising 3%-5.5% in 2012
Job growth, declining homeownership and little new supply are pushing rent higher.
Glaeser: Don’t Count on Housing Market to Lead Recovery
What will the New Year bring for housing markets? Prediction is a perilous business, but history and basic housing economics suggest that price changes will stay modest, and that construction will increase only slowly. The best that can be said ab...
10 home winterization musts
Have you checked your furnace filter, insulation lately?. It's been a mild winter throughout most of the country so far. That means we still have time to run through a foul-weather checklist. Here are 10 "must do's" to have a warm, cozy and sa...
20 Metros Join List of Improving Housing Mkts Index in Dec
The number of improving housing markets continued to expand for a fourth consecutive month in December
New construction up sharply in November
New construction on homes and apartments increased sharply in November, a bright spot for the beleaguered U.S. real estate market. New housing starts last month rose 9.3% over a revised October estimate and were up 20.1% above November 2010. Homes...
The American dream now just a pipe dream for many
Stubbornly high unemployment and a wave of foreclosures has pushed the home ownership rate to the lowest rate on record
Feds inspected welfare couple's $1million home 9 times
SEATTLE -- Records obtained by KING 5 investigators show that government inspectors were aware that a Seattle resident was receiving housing assistance to live in a $1.2 million home on Lake Washington.
2012 Mortgage delinquencies seen dropping sharply
If the U.S. economy does not suffer more setbacks, the rate of mortgage holders behind on their payments should decline significantly by the end of next year, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion.Mortgage ...
Bottom Line - Distressing news: House prices still falling
The economy seems to have picked up in the second half of the year. But apparently no one told the housing market. Home prices continued to fall in October, even as sales of existing homes picked up and homebuilders applied for more permits.
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