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Housing construction down, housing permits are up
Kai Ryssdal Apr 17, 2012
What's going on with the housing market? Susan Wachter, who teaches real estate at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, explains.
Business booming for those who fortify homes
David Brancaccio Apr 13, 2012
We hear a lot about the strain on the housing market -- but what about the barriers we put up to protect our homes?
Homes and the demographics of aging
Chris Farrell Apr 5, 2012
Housing an Aging Population: Are We Prepared?
Good and bad signs for the U.S. housing market
Josh Brown Mar 28, 2012
It is one step forward, one step back for the housing market. The mortgage bankers association says this morning applications for home mortgages were up 3.3 percent last week but demand for refinancing dropped for the sixth straight week.
Investors turning foreclosed homes into rentals
Jeremy Hobson Mar 23, 2012
According to Bloomberg Markets Magazine, private investors are buying up foreclosed properties by the bushel and renting them out at a profit.
BofA launching program for at-risk homeowners
Stacey Vanek Smith Mar 23, 2012
Bank of America is launching a pilot program where homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure would hand over the deed to their house and then rent it back from the bank.
Bank of America throws homeowners new lifeline
Bob Moon Mar 23, 2012
Bank of America starts a foreclosure-prevention program that lets borrowers give up ownership of their home but stay on rent-paying tenants.
New building permits hit highest level since 2008
Stacey Vanek Smith Mar 20, 2012
The number of new homes starts last month fell, but a rise in future home-construction plans gave economists hope that the housing market has stabilized
Analyst: There's confidence in the housing market
Juli Niemann Mar 20, 2012
Rise in new building permits attributed to good winter weather, increased demand for housing, and an economy that "isn't getting worse."
Wall Street firms may rent out Fannie foreclosures
Stacey Vanek Smith Mar 19, 2012
Some of Wall Street's biggest firms want to bid on pools of foreclosed properties being sold by Fannie Mae to rent them out. What does that mean for investors and how might it affect homeowners?
