House Prices

The White House and Your House: Policy Inertia and Organizational Resistance in the On-going Crisis of American Housing

David Coates | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Fhfa, Foreclosures, Bank Settlement, Fha, Freddie Mac, Hud, House Prices, Fannie Mae, Principal Write-Down, Housing Crisis, Gses, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

In 2008-9, major banks in trouble were bailed out by American homeowners as taxpayers; but in 2012 American homeowners in trouble are not being bailed out by those same banks to anything like the same degree.

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The Housing Bottom Is In, Says Bank Of America

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Housing Crash, Housing, Home Prices, Bank of America, Banking, Banks, House Prices, Housing Crisis, Business News

Bank of America probably hopes its economists have this one right. In a new research report on Thursday, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch mortgage str...

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Housing Doom to Housing Boom: Five Fixes to Keep the U.S. Housing Market on Track

Doug Lebda | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Housing Boom, House Market, Housing Market, House Sales, Home Sales, Home Buyers, House Prices, US Housing Market, Government Housing Policy, US Housing, Business News

It is up to those of us with knowledge of the markets, and those of us in positions to change them, to transform these ideas from words into action. We should not delay.

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More Americans Traveling Far And Wide To Get To Their Jobs

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Job Market, Video, Super-Commuters, Commuter, Housing Market, Unemployment, Unemployment Crisis, Commute, House Prices, Commuters, Super-Commute, Housing Crisis, Business News

Stuck in traffic or on a train for upwards of an hour getting to work today? You should probably just stop whining. More Americans are choosing lo...

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House Prices Are Still Falling

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, U.S. Economy, Video, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Prices, Housing, Economy, Foreclosure, House Prices, Housing Crisis, Business News

Home prices may continue their free fall into the next year, weighing on the possibility of a full-fledged economic recovery, according to CNN Money. ...

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House Prices Fall By 2.6% In A Year

PA | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Property Prices, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Housing, Economy, House Prices, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Business News

House prices have dropped by 2.6% in a year, bringing the average property value to £162,109, according to the Land Registry. The figures, whi...

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Rent Or Food? Soaring Costs Forcing Americans To Choose

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Lower Income, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, Recovery, Rental Market, Highher Income, Rent, 50 Percent of Income, Eric Belsky, House Prices, Recession, Affordable Housing, Business News

NEW YORK -- Around 10 million American households -- or one in every four families that rent their homes -- could have to choose between paying rent, ...

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The 13 Cities Where Home Prices Will Rise In 2011

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Boston, New Orleans, Columbus, Rochester, Real Estate, House Prices, New York, Houston, Memphis, Washington, Slidepollajax, St Louis, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Business News

Foreclosure sales and tax incentives are boosting real estate parts in parts of the country. House prices nationally fell 4 percent last year, acco...

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Barry Ritholtz: Housing Prices Are Still Too High, So Prices Will Keep Falling (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Techticker, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Rent, Supply and Demand, Mortgage Crisis, Barry-Ritholtz, Foreclosure, Fusion Iq, House Prices, Barry Ritholtz, Housing Crisis, Affordable Housing, Housing Bubble, Video, Business News

Barry Ritholtz, founder of investment research firm Fusion IQ and writer of the popular blog, The Big Picture, is known for his bearish views -- and t...

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Calculated Risk: Homes Prices Are Not "Cheap"

calculatedriskblog.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Case, Price-to-Income Ratio, Housing Bottom, House Prices, Case-Shiller Index, Home Prices, Calculated Risk, Price-to-Rent Ratio, Business News

But the real key is to focus on supply and demand, and on the general fundamentals of price-to-income and price-to-rent (not perfect measures). House ...

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Americans Are Still Delusional About House Prices

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Housing Market, Foreclosure, Housing Market, House Prices, Business News

This happy outlook suggests that Americans still regard the last couple of years as a freak anomaly -- even though house prices are just now hitting the range of "normal" on key price ratios.

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Why So Sad?

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Economic Recovery, Change, Foreclosure, Credit Cards, Unemployment, House Prices, Business News

Perhaps our economy is part of the reason millions are interesting in grieving.

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Home Prices Post Record Annual Decline In 4Q

AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Prices Decline, Home Prices, House Prices, Business News

NEW YORK — Home prices tumbled by the worst annual rate on record in the fourth quarter, two housing indexes showed Tuesday, and the slope of de...

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The Housing Market's Double Bubble: The Big One Still Has Yet To Pop

Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Equity, Trickle-Down Economics, Economy, Recession Fears, Housing Crisis, Recession, House Prices, Housing Bubble, Housing Bottom, Business News

In every modern recession, the fall in housing prices follows the economy slowing down. What we have yet to see is the falling economy's effect on housing prices.

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Worried Banks Horde Cash

Financial Times | Chris Giles, James Politi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Crunch, Credit Crisis, Money Markets, Banks, Stocks Markets, Central Banks, Federal Reserve, Equity Markets, House Prices, Financial Institutions, Business News

Central banks' efforts to ease strains in the money markets are failing to stop financial institutions from hoarding cash, stoking fears that the rece...

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