Tag: Housing

The construction industry has essentially stopped adding jobs even as the rest of the economy has continued to generate jobs at a pace more than sufficient to keep the unemployment rate trending down. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Construction job creation has stalled since the spring

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 1:06 pm

The administration warns that rising home prices and constraints on housing are increasing inequality. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

White House gives cities a wish list of zoning reforms

Joseph Lawler · September 26, 2016 3:31 pm

Fannie and Freddie face a new threat

Joseph Lawler · September 6, 2016 4:01 am

Fair Housing Cases Bear Watching

Terry Eastland · August 31, 2016 11:15 am

July marked the first year-over-year decline in existing home sales since November, a sour note among several other recent positive signs regarding the housing market. (AP Photo)

Home sales disappoint in July

Joseph Lawler · August 24, 2016 3:06 pm

"A year ago, I didn't think I was going to live for two or three weeks," Jimmy Carter told attendees at a Habitat for Humanity event in Memphis, Tenn., Monday. (AP Photo)

Jimmy Carter thought he would die within a month of cancer diagnosis

Anna Giaritelli · August 22, 2016 10:50 pm

A view of the new 365 Bond Street apartments, a new development from Lightstone, along Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Washington Secrets

Baby boomers selling homes for apartments, biggest new renter group

Paul Bedard · August 12, 2016 1:56 pm

"It's so hard to get mortgages nowadays," he tells National Association of Home Builders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump expresses support for looser mortgage rules

Joseph Lawler · August 11, 2016 4:37 pm

The homeownership rate fell from 63.5 percent in the first quarter to 62.9 percent in the second, tied for the lowest level since early 1965, when records were first kept. (AP Photo)

Homeownership rate falls to lowest on record

Joseph Lawler · July 28, 2016 3:24 pm

On Tuesday, the Commerce Department reports on sales of new homes in June. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

New home sales soar in June to highest pace since early 2008

Joseph Lawler · July 26, 2016 2:05 pm

Hensarling: HUD chief Julian Castro changed rules for selling distressed mortgages to favor nonprofits. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Possible Clinton VP pick grilled over mortgage deals

Joseph Lawler · July 13, 2016 4:30 pm

Six senators, including Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt to warn him against re-privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as that would "perpetuate the pre-crisis practice of socializing losses and privatizing gains." (AP Photos)

Corker, Warner warn regulator not to free Fannie and Freddie

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2016 8:36 pm