Tag: Housing

Fewer signed contracts to buy US homes in December

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 3:27 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Efforts to spur home ownership hurt Hispanics most

Michael Barone · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Big Ideas: On job openings, Japan’s Shinzo Abe and Hispanics

Joseph Lawler · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

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Words carry more weight than facts to liberals

Thomas Sowell · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

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Washington Secrets

Housing activists fear Obama will choke mortgages, add $1,400 in fees

Paul Bedard · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

In May, FHFA Director Mel Watt signaled that he would reverse course from his predecessor, Edward DeMarco, and steer the agency away from shrinking Fannie and Freddie's market footprint and toward expanding mortgage credit to more families. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mel Watt: The man who will regulate your mortgage

Joseph Lawler · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, a home is advertised for sale in Matthews, N.C. U.S. home prices barely rose in November from the previous month and year-over-year gains slowed, reflecting declines in sales in the fall, according to a report from real estate data provider CoreLogic, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

US home prices tick up 0.1 percent in November

Christopher Rugaber · January 7, 2014 2:56 pm

Mel Watt, who had served as the Congressman from North Carolina's 12th District since 1993, was sworn in as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Monday afternoon. (AP File)

Former congressman Mel Watt sworn in as Fannie and Freddie regulator

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Predict Now, Revise Tomorrow

Irwin M. Stelzer · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 file photo, a sale pending announcement sits atop a for sale sign in a home's yard in Richardson, Texas. National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales index for November on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Signed contracts to buy US homes level off

Christopher Rugaber · December 30, 2013 3:29 pm

In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 photo, construction continues on a new single family home in Mount Lebanon, Pa. The Commerce Department reports the pace at which builders broke ground on homes in November on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

US home construction hits highest pace in 5 years

Christopher Rugaber · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. homebuilders' confidence bounced back strongly this month, suggesting many will ramp up construction and hiring in coming months. (AP/Tony Dejak)

US homebuilder confidence surges in December

Associated Press · December 17, 2013 5:00 am