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New home construction up 30% from last year

Interview with
Josh Brown
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Housing starts, as they're called, were up 2.6 percent last month, and compared with last April, home construction was up almost 30 percent.
Posted In: Housing, construction, real estate
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Real estate agents bristle at online listings

by
Bob Moon
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Zillow, Trulia and other sites contain inaccuracies that skew the market, real estate agents say. Some are pulling their online listings.
Posted In: Housing, real estate

Are Americans ready to start buying homes again?

Interview by
David Brancaccio
Thursday, April 26, 2012
According to recent Gallup data, Americans feel home prices are still at a pretty low level -- but that also means many think it is a great time to buy.
Posted In: Housing, real estate

Residential rental market is booming

Interview by
Adriene Hill
Friday, March 2, 2012
Some would-be home buyers are unable to get loans for new places, but people who are getting back to work as the economy improves still want to move out of their parent's basement.
Posted In: Housing, rental, real estate, commercial real estate

Housing market gets good news

by
Jeff Tyler
Monday, February 27, 2012
Home sales jumped 8% last month. Those numbers and better than expected quarterly sales in home improvement supplies could mean some long-awaited relief for the housing market.
Posted In: Housing, home sales, real estate, construction

Opportunity index hits record high

by
Joel Patterson
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Regardless of positive spin, the housing picture in the U.S. is less than rosy.
Posted In: real estate, homeownership, index
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Wanna buy the Empire State Building? Really.

by
Stacey Vanek Smith
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The owners of the Empire State Building, among other office towers, register to sell shares to the public.
Posted In: IPO, real estate, empire state building

2012: Good days ahead for housing

Hosted By
David Brancaccio
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Gerard Cassidy thinks today's NAR Pending Home Sales index numbers are a sign that 2012 is the year the housing market recovers.
Posted In: real estate, housing market

Lot 354

The story of the implosion of America's housing market as told through the prism of a single spanish-style home in mid city Los Angeles: Lot 354. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal tugs on a thread of the history of this quaint three-bedroom home, and what unravels is the story of the housing bubble and its messy burst.

Posted In: lot 354, housing market, speculative bubbles, real estate, foreclosures

Airbnb gets into the sublet biz

by
John Moe
Friday, September 2, 2011
The online home-away-from-home broker is moving beyond short-term stays and inching toward real estate. And if you try out the new sublet section...
Posted In: airbnb, real estate

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