Housing Recovery

First-Time Homebuyers Boost Sales Of Previously Owned Homes

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON — Americans are buying more homes in every region of the country, the latest indication that the housing market could be on the mend....

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Bidding Wars Are Back

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.27.2012

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Because your cards and letters demanded it, there's finally a video game that teaches you everything you need to know about Jay-Z's life. For the time...

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The Squid Hearts Your House Now

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Mortgages, Housing Market, Goldman, Housing, Mortgage Backed Securities, Housing Recovery, Business News

Goldman Sachs is betting on a housing turnaround. The firm that made billions shorting mortgage-backed securities prior to the 2007 housing collap...

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Don't Call It A Comeback

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.19.2012

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The Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is 42. But there are only seven and a half things you need to know e...

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Big Bank's Foreclosure Fine Laughably Small

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Hsbc, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Prices, Video, Housing Values, Housing Recovery, Foreclosure, Nevada, Homeowners, Real Estate, Foreclosure Mediation, Reno, Home Foreclosures, Business News

The process known as foreclosure mediation is often cited as a way for distressed homeowners to help themselves -- to sit down with lenders and renego...

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Loren Berlin

Could Housing Market Rejoin The Living In 2012?

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: US Economy, Housing Starts, Housing Market, New Home Construction, New Home Sales, Housing Recovery, Mortgage Crisis, Construction, Economic Recovery, Housing Crisis, 2012, Business News

Just as housing was the first bubble to burst, sinking the American economy into crisis, a revived housing market could force some life back into the ...

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Promising Sign For The Housing Market

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Housing Starts, Commerce Department, Housing Market, Video, Housing Permits, Future Construction, Rental Apartments, Housing Recovery, Treasury, Business News

WASHINGTON - Housing starts and permits for future construction jumped to a 1-1/2 year high in November as demand for rental apartments rose, sugg...

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With Latest Plan, Obama Again Tries To Rehabilitate Housing Market [UPDATE]

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Prices, Housing Sector, Housing Market, Housing, Mortgage Modification, Housing Industry, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Mortgage Refinancing, Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Housing Recovery, Refinancing, Foreclosure, Video, Business News

President Obama and White House officials announced a major change to a national home-refinancing plan Monday, in an effort to stimulate the economy a...

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Previously-Owned Home Sales Rise Along With Foreclosures

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosures, National Association of Realtors, Obama Administration, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Recovery, Home Sales, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who bought previously occupied homes rose in August. But the sales were driven by an increase in foreclosur...

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Foreclosures Notices Surge In August, Signaling Pain For Housing Market

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.15.2011

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Home foreclosures, after slowing to a crawl over the past year, seem to be gaining momentum again, a sign that heralds both pain and perhaps eventual ...

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Homeowner Associations Take A More Proactive Role In The Foreclosure Crisis

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.24.2011

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In a further indication of how far-reaching and deleterious the foreclosure crisis has become, homeowner groups have taken to suing banks in order to ...

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Low Home Prices Mean It's Cheaper To Buy Than To Rent In Many Cities

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.16.2011

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As the national real estate slump deepens, home prices in many cities have crossed a worrisome milestone. It's cheaper to buy a home than to rent o...

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Housing Collapse Badly Underestimated By Realtors' Report

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Recovery, Housing Collapse, Corelogic, National Association of Realtors, Home Prices, Nar, Real Estate, Wall Street Journal, Business News

WASHINGTON - A housing trade association is examining the possibility that the data it releases underestimated the collapse of the housing industr...

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Walking Away From Your Mortgage: When It's OK To Move On

wsj.com | BRETT ARENDS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Housing Recovery, Mortgage Crisis, Strategic Defaults, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Housing Bubble, Business News

Millions of Americans are now deeply underwater on their mortgage. If you're among them, you need to stop living in a dream world and give serious tho...

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Freddie Mac 4Q Results: Freddie Mac Posts $7.8 Billion Loss

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac lost almost $26 billion last year, ominous news for taxpayers who are footing the bill to rescue the mortgage finance c...

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Case-Shiller Index: December Home Prices Rise, But Still Off 3.1 Percent From A Year Ago

AP | ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — Home prices edged up in December, the seventh straight monthly gain and another sign the housing market continues its bumpy recovery. P...

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