Tag: Housing

Why Janet Yellen won’t raise rates to prevent another financial bubble

Joseph Lawler · July 2, 2014 5:28 pm

Economists note that people with credit scores above 720 -- about half of all borrowers -- have been taking out more home loans.ÃÂ But for prime, subprime and deep subprime borrowers, there has been no increase in mortgage debt.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Most households still not borrowing

Joseph Lawler · July 2, 2014 3:21 pm

Contracts to buy US homes up sharply in May

Josh Boak · June 30, 2014 10:38 am

Threat of housing bubble pushes Britain to act

Danica Kirka · June 26, 2014 11:30 am

Bill Clinton: We’re Not Out of Touch, We Talk to People at the Local Grocery Store

Daniel Halper · June 24, 2014 7:46 pm

The week ahead in economics: Two big questions about the U.S. economy will be answered this week

Joseph Lawler · June 23, 2014 9:00 am

Big Ideas: On war powers, fruits and nuts, and overcrowding

Joseph Lawler · June 20, 2014 4:00 pm

In this May 14, 2014 photo, a new home is under construction in the Winthrop sub-division in Riverview, Fla. he National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo releases its monthly index of builder sentiment on Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

US homebuilder confidence up in June, remains low

Paul Wiseman · June 16, 2014 2:48 pm

A rat moves along the ground near the subway tracks at Union Square in New York. In July 2014, New York City plans to got to war with its rat population. Financed with $611,000 from the City's budget, an army of inspectors will descend on the cityâs most rat-infested neighborhoods, targeting the parks, sewers and dumping areas where rats congregate and breed. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Rodents winning New York rat race, but humans fight back

Verena Dobnik · June 16, 2014 1:37 pm

Three years after it was proposed, one of the major post-crisis mortgage regulations is on track to be finalized -- but on terms much looser than originally envisioned.ÃÂ (Thinktock Image)

Feds look to water down mortgage reform

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2014 9:00 am

House approves transportation, housing measure

Andrew Taylor · June 10, 2014 11:53 pm

There were 4.46 million job openings on the last business day of April, according to the BLS's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, the most since September of 2007. (AP Photo)

Job openings surge to pre-recession levels in April

Joseph Lawler · June 10, 2014 3:09 pm