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Expect Gradual Changes at Fannie,Freddie

Conversation with Douglas M. Bibby

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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

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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.

Tagged as: Gingrich Newt, Romney Mitt, Republican Party, Primaries and Caucuses, Economic Conditions and Trends, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Presidential Election of 2012, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (Freddie Mac)

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

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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.

Tagged as: housing, foreclosures

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.

Tagged as: economy, housing, transactional funding

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...

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Houston to build more single-family homes in 2012

Single-family home starts are expected to rise 10 percent in Houston this year, ...

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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.

Tagged as: rental-market, housing

Apartment rent seen rising 3%-5.5% in 2012

Job growth, declining homeownership and little new supply are pushing rent higher.

Tagged as: rental, rate, vacancy, apartment

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...

Tagged as: housing, recovery

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...

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5 U.S. Housing Booms in 2011

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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

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Housing market up again over last year

Housing market up again over last year

Tagged as: houston housing sales

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...

Tagged as: multiffamily construction, housing

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

Tagged as: home ownership

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.

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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 ...

Tagged as: housing, Ted Akers, Mortgage Lates

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.

Tagged as: housing prices