Real Estate: Real Estate Industry
Countrywide shares take another hit
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Foreclosure hotline looks for help
A month after the Bush Administration announced a plan to help troubled homeowners, one foreclosure counseling agency is looking for some help of its own. Read more…
Bush on housing: Congress should do more
Criticized for not doing enough to stave off foreclosures, the White House seems prepped to put on a full-court press in dealing with the housing crisis. Read more…
Manhattan home prices: Still crazy
Manhattan real estate continues to buck national trends - New York home prices soared during the last three months of the year, according to several surveys released Thursday. Read more…
Mortgage application volume slips
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New home sales hit 12-year low
Sales of new homes have plunged even more than expected to their lowest level in more than 12 years, leaving the market glutted with unsold homes and pointing to more trouble ahead for the battered housing market. Read more…
How they got housing wrong
Before you put much hope in forecasts for a 2008 rebound in the battered housing market, consider this: A year ago at this time many top economists were looking for that recovery to begin in 2007. Read more…
Timing the housing market
Question: At some point I plan to buy a house in the $250,000 to $400,000 range. I have generally good credit and plan to make a down payment of 20 percent or more. Read more…
Some mortgage rates inch higher
Some mortgage rates rose along with bond rates this week as reports of stronger consumer spending in November were tempered by disappointing readings of other economic measures, Freddie Mac reported Thursday. Read more…
Mortgage applications tumble
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