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...
Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business
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.
AP | ALAN ZIBEL and ALEX VEIGA | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
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...
AP | Tim Paradis and Sara Lepro, AP Business Writers | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrials rose back above 9,000 for the first time since early January. Investors snapped up a broad range of stocks...
AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New U.S. home sales dipped slightly last month, in another sign that the housing market recovery is likely to be gradual and prolon...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Evidence that housing is poised to improve and optimism about the results of banking "stress tests" raised hopes Monday that the re...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business
So I say it's time to invest in straws. Let's corner the straw market, and ride the tide of exploding straw demand to riches we've only dreamed about!
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell in November to the slowest pace in nearly 18 years, while new home prices dropped by the biggest amount in ...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell in February for the fourth straight month, pushing activity down to a 13-year low. While the rate of declin...
New York | Michael Idov | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The news keeps coming, each item worse than the one before. New-home sales fall 26 percent nationwide; the U.S. economy loses 17,000 jobs in January; ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The housing market plunged deeper into despair last month, with sales of new homes plummeting to their lowest level in more than 12 years. The slump ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The housing market plunged deeper into despair last month, with sales of new homes plummeting to their lowest level in more than 12 years. The slump ...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Stocks finished an erratic week narrowly mixed Friday after a government report of a steep decline in new home sales stirred concerns that weakness in...
Posted 10.28.2009 | Business