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Houses Just Ain't Worth What They Used To Be

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Home Builders, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Video, Homebuyers, New Homes, New Home Sales, Home Appraisals, Foreclosure, Construction, National Association of Home Builders, Appraisers, Housing Crisis, Business News

It’s a tough time to be a home builder -- especially now that so many houses aren’t worth what it costs to build them. That’s the surprising ...

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Last Year Was The Worst Year For New-Home Sales On Record

AP | By DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Housing Prices, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, New Home Sales 2011, New Home Purchases, Worst Year Home Sales, New Home Sales, Commerce Department, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Fewer people bought new homes in December. The decline made 2011 the worst year for new -homes sales on records dating back nearly half ...

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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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New Home Sales Fell To Six Month Low In August

AP | By DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, New Home Sales, Business News, U.S. Commerce Department, New Home Sales August 2011, Housing Crisis, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Sales of new homes fell to a six-month low in August. The fourth straight monthly decline during the peak buying season suggests the hou...

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April New-Home Sales Up 7.3 Percent After Slow Start To Year

The Canadian Press | Derek Kravitz | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Property Sales, Commerce Department, Real Estate, New Home Construction, New Home Sales April 2011, New Homes, Economy, New Home Sales, Home News

(CP) WASHINGTON - More people bought new homes for a second straight month in April, a hopeful sign. Still, sales remain far below the pace that would...

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New Home Sales Inch Up From Rock Bottom

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Census Bureau, Housing Market, Housing Crash, Economy, Home Sales, New Home Sales, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Housing Crisis, Business News

Sales of new homes rose slightly in March after reaching a record low in February, bolstering hopes among economists and home builders that the housin...

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New Home Sales Plunge To Record Low In February

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Real Estate, Home Prices, New Home Sales, New Home Sales February, Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — Home construction in the United States is all but coming to a halt. Americans are on track to buy fewer new homes than in any year...

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New Home Sales Plunge After Worst Housing Year In Half A Century

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Real Estate, Business, Selling a Home, Home Prices, New Home Sales 2011, New Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell significantly in January, a dismal sign after the worst year for that sector in nearly a half-century. New...

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New Home Sales Hit Highest Level In Months

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Commerce Department, Single-Family Home Sales, Housing Market, Real Estate, Home Sales 2011, Home Prices, New Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON: New single-family home sales raced to their highest level in eight months in December while prices were the highest since April 2008, r...

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PHOTOS: The Latest Recession Trend - Ridiculously Small Houses

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jay Shafer, Small Homes, The Small House Book, Small Houses, Tiny Hoses, Small House Society, Small House, New Home Sales, Home Sales, Tiny Furniture, Real Estate, Slidepollajax, Business News

GRATON, Calif.:(By Terence Chea, AP) As Americans downsize in the aftermath of a colossal real estate bust, at least one tiny corner of the housing ma...

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June New-Home Sales Down in West, Up Elsewhere

Denver Business Journal | Mark Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The West, Western Home Sales, Real Estate, US Census Bureau, Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Home Sales, Denver News

While sales of new homes rose 23.6 percent in June from the month before, the western states, which include Colorado, saw a 6.6 percent sales decline ...

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New Home Sales Post The Second-Worst Month On Record

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate, New Home Sales August, Selling a Home, New Homes, Median Home Prices, New Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — New homes sold at the second-slowest pace on record in August, signaling that the housing market will remain a drag on the economy....

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Today's Front Pages: August 25

Posted 05.25.2011

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Home Rise In May For Second Straight Month

AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homes, San Diego, Homebuyer Tax Credit, IHS Global Insight, Home Prices, Home Sales, New Home Sales, Case-Shiller Index, Real Estate, Business News

NEW YORK — If you bought a home in San Francisco in the past year, it might feel like the housing slump is over. Bay area home prices have shot ...

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June Was The Second-Weakest Month On Record For New Home Sales

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Prices, Home Sales, New Home Sales, New Home Sales Data, Commerce Department, New Home Sales Report, New Home Sales June, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes jumped last month, but it was the second-weakest month on record. The lackluster economy has made potential buye...

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New Home Sales Plunge 33% With Tax Credits Gone

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commerce Department, Housing, Tax Credits, Federal Tax Credit Incentives, Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Sales, New Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes collapsed in May, sinking 33 percent to the lowest level on record as potential buyers stopped shopping for home...

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February New home sales drop 2.2 percent in Feb. to new low

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Home Sales, Housing Market, Economy, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Economic Recovery, February New Home Sales, Housing Bubble, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell unexpectedly to the lowest level on record in February as stormy winter weather kept buyers on the sideline...

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New Home Sales Surprise Economists With Drop To Record Low In January

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Home Sales, Home Sales, New Home Sales January, Economy, Recession, Economic Recovery, Housing Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes plunged to a record low in January, underscoring the formidable challenges facing the housing industry as it tri...

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New Home Sales Drop 7.6 Percent In December

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Home Sales, Housing Bubble, Housing Crisis, National Association of Home Builders, Commerce Department, Economy, Economic Recovery, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell unexpectedly in December, capping the industry's worst year on record and fueling concern that the housing ...

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New Home Construction Takes Big Dive In December

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Construction, New Home Construction, New Home Sales, Recession, Housing Bubble, Housing Slump, David Crowe, National-Association-of-Home-Builders, Patrick Newport, IHS Global Insight, Sal Guatieri, BMO Capital Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON — The housing market remains a significant risk to the economy, data Wednesday showed, as bad weather across much of the country hamm...

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Home Sales December 2009: New Home Sales Down - Is Housing Headed For A Double-Dip?

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Housing Double Dip, Housing Market, Nar, Home Prices, New Home Sales, Home Sales, Mortgage Crisis, New Home Sales December, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of people preparing to buy a home fell sharply in November, an unsettling new sign that the housing market may be headed...

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November New Home Sales Sink 11 Percent, Lowest Level Since April

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First-Time Homebuyers Credit, New Home Sales November, Home Prices, Home Sales, Mark Vitner, New Home Sales, Real Estate Housing Prices, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes plunged unexpectedly last month to the lowest level since April, a sign the housing market recovery will be rock...

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New Home Sales Fall 3.6 Percent

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, New Home Sales, Housing Crisis, New Homes, Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new U.S. homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a soon-to-expire tax credit for first-time owners started...

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Bernanke to Housing Market: Please Don't Drop Dead

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Home Sales, First-Time Homebuyers Credit, Existing Home Sales, Macro-Economics, Exit Strategy, Kevin Warsh, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Mark Thoma, Jill Schlesinger, Business News

Uncle Sam has to ease out of banking, autos and all the programs authorized under the Obama stimulus bill without either starving the recovery or feeding inflation.

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June New Home Sales Up 11 Percent

AP | ALAN ZIBEL and ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Home Sales, Real Esate Prices, Real Estate, Home Prices, June New Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — New home sales rose last month at the fastest clip in more than eight years as buyers eagerly took advantage of bargain prices &nda...

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