US Housing Market

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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Manhattan Market Report: First Quarter Highlights

Toni Haber | Posted 04.10.2012

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Manhattan continues to show stability and remains one of the standout housing markets in the U.S. Despite some indicators, the slowing increasing average price point combined with the enormous increase in pending sales, has me enthusiastic.

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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

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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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Investors Can Pre-Qualify To Bid On Fannie, Freddie's Foreclosed Homes

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The regulator for housing finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said on Wednesday investors could now sign up to ...

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Good News For American Homebuyers

Reuters | Posted 03.23.2012

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Jan 22 (Reuters) - Would-be American home-buyers can take heart: U.S. housing is more affordable than in other English-speaking countries, according...

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Town Offers $10,000 To New Homebuyers, Builders

Posted 01.12.2012

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A small northern Illinois town has a proactive new plan it hopes will attract new homeowners to build: $10,000 in cold, hard cash. Yorkville, Ill.,...

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Pending Home Sales Surge To 1.5 Year High

Posted 12.29.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pending sales of existing homes surged to a 1-1/2 year high in November, an industry group said on Thursday, offering more ...

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U.S. Housing Market Expected To Expand As Euro Crisis Threat Looms

Posted 12.19.2011

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The U.S. housing market, once the epicenter of the global financial collapse that spawned today's European debt crisis, is on the verge of deliver...

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Bill Seeks To Entice Foreigners To Buy U.S. Homes With Visa Offer

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.20.2011

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The government may turn to foreigners to shore up the weak housing market. A bill co-authored by Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lee (R-...

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Long-Term U.S. Mortgage Rates Have Never Been Lower

AP | By DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 12.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Mortgage rates have skated near record lows for weeks. But now it can finally be said: Long-term rates in the United States have never b...

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Housing Market Picks Up For Some, Not Others

Posted 06.25.2011

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CHICAGO (Nick Carey) - Like an increasing number of well-heeled Americans, the Hodgsons decided it was time to buy a new home, even if most of the...

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Housing Market Stumbles As Construction Approaches 'World War II Lows'

wsj.com | By NICK TIMIRAOS and ROBBIE WHELAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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In major markets across the country, home sales are deteriorating, inventories of unsold homes are piling up and builders are scaling back constructio...

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U.S. Housing Market: Fed Counting On Foreign Governments To Fund The Housing Market

washingtonpost.com | Howard Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senior officials in the Obama administration and at the Fed say they are counting in part on foreigners to keep the housing market funded. ...

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WSJ: Is The Housing Market About To Get Even Uglier?

Wall Street Journal | James Hagerty | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite some tentative signs of recovery, the U.S. housing market remains vulnerable to further price drops--especially in areas where large numbers o...

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Americans Are Still Delusional About House Prices

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Is the Housing Market Bottoming?

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

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I never thought I would contemplate the end of the housing market decline -- it's been with us for a very long time. But now there are preliminary signs of stabilization.

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Chinese Property Hunters To Raid US

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chinese bargain hunters are preparing to descend on American cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, where homeowners have suffered some of the ...

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Soros: Worst Market Crisis In 60 Years

Financial Times | George Soros | Posted 05.25.2011

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The current financial crisis was precipitated by a bubble in the US housing market. In some ways it resembles other crises that have occurred since th...

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Wealthy May Be The Next Victims Of Housing Crisis

Reuters | Nick Carey | Posted 05.25.2011

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A house in this wealthy Chicago suburb is far beyond the reach of most Americans. Unfortunately, Hinsdale may also now be too expensive for some of t...

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Warns Of Even More Housing Woes

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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The woes of the US housing market are dragging on longer than expected, and may lead to over one million foreclosure notices this year for homeowners,...

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