Tag: Housing

Rep. Mel Watt, D-NC., waves during the announcement of his nomination to head the Federal Housing Finance Authority, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on May 1. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate confirms Mel Watt to head federal housing agency

Sean Lengell · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This May 1, 2013 file photo shows Federal Housing Finance Authority Director nominee Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., listening as President Barack Obama announces Watt's nomination for the, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Democrats have used the Senate's newly eased filibuster procedures to clear the way for confirmation of the man President Barack Obama wants to become a top housing regulator. The Senate voted 57-40 on Tuesday to end a Republican filibuster, or delaying tactics, against Watt. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

President Obama hails Mel Watt’s confirmation for housing agency

Meghashyam Mali · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leaders Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Patty Murray, and Dick Durbin held a press conference on Thursday, after the Senate pushed through the nuclear option to change Senate rules that will eliminate most filibusters. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The week ahead in economics: Nuclear option fallout, housing and consumer confidence

Joseph Lawler · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Bitcoin doesn't meet the definition of a currency or even an electronic payment form in Finland, where the central bank has instead decided to categorize the software as a commodity. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

The week ahead in economics: Bitcoin, Ben Bernanke and housing

Joseph Lawler · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Texas's low-tax, light-regulation policies have produced a highly diversified economy that from 2002 to 2011 created nearly one-third of the nation's highest-paying jobs. In those years, its number of upper- and middle-income jobs grew 24 percent. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Americans keep moving to states with low taxes and housing costs

Michael Barone · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Job Growth Tapers Despite Summers’ Growth

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 7, 2013 3:00 am

WSJ: FHA Cuts Waiting Period to 1 Year for Buyers Who Earlier Faced Foreclosure

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2013 4:00 am

A construction worker drills on the roof of a new home in New Paltz, N.Y. New-home sales fell 13.4 pct. in July to the lowest level in nine months as mortgage rates rise.

Weak new-home sales raise fear of faltering housing recovery

Joseph Lawler · August 23, 2013 4:00 am

The Fed Ponders the Jobs Report

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 6, 2013 3:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Realtors push for lower credit standards on taxpayer-backed loans

Timothy P. Carney · May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Living Small

Ethan Epstein · March 11, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Report: Obama cutting secret deal with banks because foreclosure probe is going badly

Joel Gehrke · January 5, 2013 5:00 am