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September's Drop in Pending Home Sales Suggests Uneven Recovery
3:10PM 11/05/2010
Pending home sales in the U.S. unexpectedly fell 1.8% in September, the National Association of Realtors reported Friday. It was the statistic's first decline in three months, and one that suggests that the housing sector's recovery is likely to remain uneven through at least early 2011.
Follow the Money to Real Growth, Not Tax Breaks
1:22PM 8/31/2010
This week, David Cay Johnston published a thought experiment titled How Would You Invest $1 Billion Under the Current Tax System? Its premise is that if we use tax policy to boost demand, we can find more profitable ways to invest. It's a premise DailyFinance columnist and venture capitalist Peter Cohen rejects.
New-Home Sales Plunge 12.4% to All-Time Low in July
11:43AM 8/25/2010
It's a summer for the record books in the U.S. housing sector -- and not in a good way. New-home sales unexpectedly plunged 12.4% in July to the lowest level since the Commerce Department began keeping records for the statistic in 1963.
Homebuilder Confidence Falls to a 17-Month Low
11:32AM 8/16/2010
The U.S. housing sector took another hit this month as homebuilder sentiment unexpectedly fell to 13 in August from 14 in July. The measure has been drifting lower since the federal homebuyers tax credit expired this spring.
Home Prices Rose Better Than Expected 0.5% in May
11:00AM 7/27/2010
Home prices in 20 major U.S. cities rose a better-than-expected 0.5% in May, Case-Shiller said Tuesday. However, analysts warn that it's probably too early to celebrate, as the housing market has a long and difficult road ahead of it.
Existing-Home Sales Fell Less Than Feared in June
11:00AM 7/22/2010
After the federal home buyers tax credit ended at the end of April, analysts expected that sales would drop 7% in June. The reality was not quite that bad, with a 5.1% decline. Should Congress renew the credit?
April 15 has come and gone, but tackling personal finance questions never ends. Our WalletPop experts remain on hand to answer your burning questions about home, taxes and inheritance.
Question: I am a first-time home buyer in this hectic market. I have heard that the first-time home buyers...
Home buyers tax credit program stalls
1:30PM 3/09/2010
Real Estate, Economy, Refinancing, Real Estate, Family Money
When it comes to trying to fix the still very much ailing real estate market in this country, it really doesn't seem as if the government can do anything right.
We've known for a long time now that its mortgage modification scheme has pretty much fallen flat with nowhere near the number of...
The recent extension of the $6,500 federal home buyer tax credit to existing homeowners stands to help the economy, according to a new survey by Coldwell Banker.
Only 6% of those 1,000 surveyed said they would splurge -- on shopping or vacations. Though no one wants to appear frivolous in a...
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