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Housing prices surge, rise 9.3% since last year
Jeremy Hobson Apr 30, 2013
Home prices rose 1.2 percent in February and were up 9.3 percent since last year, according to the S&P Case-Shiller Index.
Recovery hits home prices
Mark Garrison Jan 29, 2013
The latest home price numbers from the S&P/Case-Shiller Index show the strongest year-over-year growth since 2006.
Beetle infestation drives up lumber prices
Jeff Horwich Oct 26, 2012
A new set of beetles is taking North America by storm, and this time the casualty is the lumber industry. What does this mean for home building and other lumber needs in the U.S.?
How home sales and job growth are related
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Sep 26, 2012
We’re getting another pulse check on housing later this morning. The numbers on new home sales for August come out today, and they’re expected to be pretty good. How does an uptick in housing affect the job market? Turns out, they are pretty closely linked.
A positive sign: Profits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Adriene Hill Aug 8, 2012
Rising home prices contribute to profits for the bailed-out mortgage lenders. Higher home prices should help the real estate market and homebuyers, too.
Case-Shiller Index shows falling home prices continue
Juli Niemann Jan 31, 2012
Home prices are falling again in many major American cities. Why?
Confidence in the economy ebbs
David Brancaccio Jan 31, 2012
Today saw drops in both home prices and consumer confidence. Could the recovery experts have been tracking be stalled?
MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Libya causes oil prices to spike; home prices fell in December
Katharine Crnko Feb 22, 2011
Oil giant Shell has moved all of its foreign workers out of Libya, following a similar move by BP late last week. With protests in Libya escalating...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Renting, credit cards, and buzzwords
Katharine Crnko Dec 23, 2010
Today, Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics released a list of 55 U.S. organized according to how cost effective it is to rent a home, rather than buy....
To rent or not to rent -- that is the question
Katharine Crnko Sep 21, 2011
Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics has released a list of 55 U.S. cities organized according to how cost effective it is to rent a home, rather than...
