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Home prices rose in June
Mark Garrison Aug 28, 2012
U.S. home prices rose almost a percent in June. What does this mean for the big picture, including employment?
Your child, in dollars and cents
Adriene Hill Aug 24, 2012
There's no way to estimate the returns on a hug from your son or an afternoon of baking cookies with your brood, but the USDA was able to estimate how much a child takes out of your bank account.
Regulators announce rules to ease pain for underwater homeowners
Stacey Vanek Smith Aug 22, 2012
Federal regulators announced new rules that should make it easier for underwater homeowners to sell their houses.
With home building up, will McMansions return?
Dan Gorenstein Aug 22, 2012
Nationwide, home-building permits are at a four-year high. But coming off the Great Recession, is there a market for luxury homes?
A foreclosure tour from the front seat of a patrol car
Tess Vigeland Aug 21, 2012
Four years into the housing crisis, abandoned and derelict foreclosures -- and the crimes they attract -- keep police busy in one Los Angeles neighborhood.
Treasury to change relationship with Fannie, Freddie
Jeremy Hobson Aug 17, 2012
There's word this morning that the Treasury Department is going to revamp its financial relationship with the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Tepid news in jobs, construction, retail
Diane Swonk Aug 16, 2012
Today starts with some more tepid economic news. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits ticked up slightly to 366,000 last week.
Survivalists drive housing market in Idaho
Jessica Robinson Aug 15, 2012
Homebuyers preparing for a disaster -- natural, economic or otherwise -- have helped the housing market in remote north Idaho weather the downturn.
Shedding light on the 'shadow' real estate market
Shannon Mullen Aug 14, 2012
Many feared that millions of homes in foreclosure but not yet on the market would derail the housing recovery. But what ever happened to the "shadow inventory," as it's known?
Rental markets tighten up in Chicago
Lauren Chooljian Aug 13, 2012
Renters trying to find places in hot up-and-coming neighborhoods in Chicago find themselves facing big price increases and stiff competition.
