Homeownership

The Housing Market May Finally Be Back For Good

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Home Buyers, National Association of Realtors, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, Reuters, Homeownership, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Mortgage Loans, Homeowners, Housing Crisis, Business News

By Leah Schnurr and Jilian Mincer NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - Kate Carpenter and her husband waited for two years before sensing the ...

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Many Foreclosure Victims Making Speedy Return To Homeownership

Reuters | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Federal Housing Agency, Great Recession, Homeownership, Reuters, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Forclosure, Housing Crisis, Business News

By Jilian Mincer NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - When Jennifer Anderson's family could no longer afford their mortgage an...

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How To Save Money In Every Room In Your House

MoneyNing | VINCENT KING | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Household Savings, Household Budgets, Saving, Cable, Home Improvement, Household Spending, Spending, Homeownership, Utilities, Homeowners, Smart Shopping, Money News

You work hard every day, doing everything you can to bring more bacon home, and trim the fat from your spending. But it still isn’t enough. If...

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Americans Opting Out Of The Dream

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Video, Housing Market, Rental Market, Reuters, Homeownership, Business News, u.s. Homeownership Rate, Homeowners, Homeownership-Rate, Housing Market Crash, Homeownership Rate Plunge, Business News

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The Ten Most (And Least) Affordable Cities To Buy A Home

24/7 Wall St. | MICHAEL B. SAUTER | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Housing Prices, Buying a House, Homeownership, Homeowners, Real Estate, Buying a Home, 24/7 Wall St, Business News

After years of weak housing markets, home sellers are hopeful that this spring’s home-buying season will finally lift prices. In positive news, Real...

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Why 'For Sale By Owners' Miss 'The Right Buyer'

Trisha Ocona Francis | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Debt, Loan, Nyc, Economics, Ny, Financial Literacy, Economy, Buy, Jobs, Real Estate, Buyer, Seller, New Jersey, Luxury, Homeownership, Bank, Nj, Refinance, Money, Close, Negotiate, Home, New York, Owner, House, Mortgage, Purchase, Investment, Careers, Crisis, Credit Card, Broker, Agent, Savings, Business Finances, Cash, Sold, Business News

In this tough economic market everyone wants to save money, especially home sellers. A home seller may want to consider or even actually venture into ...

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Surprising Share Of Jobless Say American Dream Within Reach

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Unemployed, Michelle Obama, Video, Lehman Brothers, American Dream, Great Recession, Homeownership, Jobless, Financial Crisis, Pew Charitable Trusts, Investors, Business News

Despite the economic hardship that the Great Recession has caused millions of Americans, belief in the American Dream is still alive and well, even fo...

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Why Location Matters If You're on the Fence About Renting vs. Buying

Jed Kolko | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Housing, Home Prices, Homeownership, Renting, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Buying a Home, Rents, Business News

Marking a big shift from the boom years, the cost of buying relative to renting has fallen a lot. But just because prices dropped and rents held steady or rose in most places, does that make now a great time to buy? The answer depends on you and on where you live.

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Why It's A Terrible Time To Be A Low-Income Renter

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Housing Prices, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Poverty, Apartments, Homeowners, Low Income Families, Shaun Donovan, Affordable Housing, Low Income Renters, Video, Rental Market, Homeownership, Low-Income Housing, Low Income, Renters, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Everyone knows the economy has been rough on homeowners lately. But for people who rent -- especially for people who rent and don't make very much mon...

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Housekeeper Builds Garage-Sized Home on a Tiny Salary With No Mortgage (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.28.2012

Johnny Sanphillippo has never made more than $20,000 per year (working mostly as a housekeeper), but he knew like "any other American" that he wanted to own his own home.

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The Rent Is Too Damn High In Every State In America

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Housing Prices, Housing Bust, Rent, Renting, Apartments, Rentership, Homeowners, Rental Units, Working Poor, Video, Homelessness, Housing Crash, Homeownership, Doubling Up, Low-Income Housing, Renters, Rental Housing, Business News

The poorest people in America are running out of places to live. In every state in the country, there are people looking for cheap rental housing -...

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INFOGRAPHIC: Basically No One Wants To Date That Guy Living With Mom

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Roommates, Trulia, Foreclosure Crisis, Morgan Stanley, Dating, Homeownership, Mortgage Crisis, Valentine's Day, Homeowners, Real Estate, Renters, Housing Bubble, Business News

Apparently the idea of going back to someone's shared apartment or home after that Valentine's Day dinner isn't very appealing. Love-seekers tend ...

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Job Relocation Help Less Likely For Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.02.2012

The percentage of people moving for new jobs fell to a near-historic low in the second half of 2011, according to a recent report, as the housing bust...

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How Property Taxes Climb, Even If Home Value Drops

www.npr.org | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Property Taxes, Shaker Heights, Npr, Homeowners, Homeownership, Ohio, Cleveland Ohio, Home Values, Fifty News

Millions of homeowners are finding out that their property taxes are either holding steady or climbing, even as their houses may be worth much less. T...

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U.S. Apartment Vacancies Hit 10-Year Low Driven By Lack Of Supply

Reuters | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Rental Market, Reuters, Homeownership, Business News, u.s. Apartment Vacancies, U.S. Apartment Vacancy Rate, Apartment-Vacancies, Apartment Vacancy Rates, Business News

* Vacancies at lowest level since late '01 * Effective rents on the rise * Rate expected to fall further this year ...

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As Demand For Rentals Rises, 2012 Will Be 'The Year Of The Landlord'

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Housing Starts, Housing Demand, Housing Market, Rental Market, Landlord, Housing Industry, Apartments, Homeownership, Construction, Home Rentals, Real Estate, Rentals, Landlords, Video, Business News

(MARGARET CHADBOURN, Reuters) - Brian Keith is busier than ever as the architecture firm he works for rushes to wrap up work on a 300-unit apartme...

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Middle Class Masquerade

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: New York Home Prices, Attorneys, Housing Market, Economy, Economic Crisis, Home Sales, Real Estate, Business, Suburban Poverty, New York, Home Buyers, Suburbia, Real Estate Attorney, Home Prices, Homeownership, Business Failure, New York Real Estate, NY Real Estate, New York News

The home seller sobbed when she heard her real estate transaction fell through. "I've got to get out of here," she let me know for the umpteenth time. "I can't keep pretending to be middle class."

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Americans Moved At An All-Time Low Rate Last Year

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Underwater Mortgages Jobs, American Moving Rates, Census Bureau, Video, Unemployment, Homeownership, Business News, Homeowners, Joblessness, Moving, Underwater Mortgages, Business News

Americans last year moved at the lowest rate in recorded history, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Between 2010 and 2011, 11.6 per...

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Save What Works: Making the Case for Long-Term Fixed-Rate Home Loans

Janis Bowdler | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Freddie Mac, Nclr, Mortage Crisis, Homeownership, Fannie Mae, National Council of La Raza, 30 Year Fixed Rate, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

Rather than dismiss a proven financial tool and affordability features, advocates and policymakers should work together to preserve those aspects of our housing finance system that work well.

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October Jobs Report: Disappointing News for the Housing Market

Jed Kolko | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Construction, Housing Market, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Homeownership, October-Jobs-Report, Construction Jobs, Business News

Today's new numbers on jobs and unemployment in October show how the economy is doing overall. Economic recovery is essential for housing demand to pick up.

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Housing Crisis Made Young People Less Confident In Homeownership: Study

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Crash, Homeownership, Mortgage Crisis, Business News, Real Estate, Housing Crisis Young People, Young People, Housing Crisis, Video, Business News

The housing crisis has made young people less confident in the idea of homeownership, while its had the opposite effect on older Americans, a new stud...

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Middle-Class Homeownership Dream May Be Slipping Away

The Arizona Republic | Catherine Reagor | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Lee McPheters, Ioanna Morfessis, Real Estate, Middle-Class, American Dream, Homeownership, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Business News

The American dream of homeownership has been evolving since just after World War II, when the middle class started to grow and mortgages became more a...

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How the U.S. Government Promoted Segregation

Preeti Vissa | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Community Reinvestment Act, Race, Segregation, Housing Crisis, Fha, Civil Rights, Homeownership, Politics News

For every dollar a white family owns, the median Latino family has six cents and the median black family has a nickel. That staggering gap didn't happen by chance.

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Homeownership Rates Take Their Biggest Drop Since The Great Depression

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing, Housing Industry, Home Prices, Ownership Society, Great Recession, Homeownership, Renting, Homeowners, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Renters, Housing Bubble, Great Depression, Video, Business News

During his presidency, George W. Bush spoke of his vision for an "ownership society," an America where anyone and everyone who wanted to could stake a...

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