The real surprise is not that FHA might need an infusion of funds in the midst of an historic disruption in the housing market, but that it has fared so well until now compared to private bank lenders.
bloomberg.com | Dawn Kopecki | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Housing Administration's mortgage insurance reserves fell to the lowest level in history and the government said mo...
Nan Roman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
With worries about the cost of health care reform, the spiraling national debt, and the future of our country, it's reassuring to know that sometimes doing the right thing is actually the right thing to do economically too.
Deborah De Santis | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics
I was at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference in Washington, DC from July 28-31, listening to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secre...
Alexander Heffner | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
In a change of tone from the Bush years, Donovan wants Americans to "get back to the basics," in terms of measuring "successful housing outcomes for families."
F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green
Let's be honest -- HUD has become the Department of Subsidized Housing, and that must change. We've got to put the "UD" (urban development) back in HUD.
Dawn Teo | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
In Mesa, where home values have dropped by nearly 45 percent, it is not hard to find people whose mortgage is in trouble.
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics
CHICAGO — In naming his choice for housing secretary, President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday rounded out his economic team and gave new promin...
Howard Glaser | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business