The future of Fannie & Freddie under TrumpBy Mitchell HartmanJanuary 03, 2017PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary wants to remove government control and financial backing from the housing-finance entities.POSTED IN: Housing Fannie Mae Freddie Mac ListenreadDownloadDownload
Too few houses on the market help force prices upBy Annie BaxterDecember 21, 2016PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty ImagesThe higher prices are an obstacle to people hoping to move up, keeping them from putting their houses up for sale.POSTED IN: Housing real estate ListenreadDownloadDownload
Slowly rising rates shouldn’t hurt housing marketBy Mark GarrisonDecember 16, 2016NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty ImagesPOSTED IN: Housing real estate ListenreadDownloadDownload
Some Oakland residents fear evictions following deadly warehouse fireBy Sukey LewisDecember 15, 2016Sukey Lewis/KQEDA few days after the fire, worried residents packed Oakland City Hall to ask for a moratorium on evictions.POSTED IN: home housing house prices Oakland ListenreadDownloadDownload
Evictions on the rise as renters struggle By Adam AllingtonDecember 12, 2016Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA new study from real estate company Redfin shows three million families are evicted annually.POSTED IN: evictions affordable housing minimum wage basic income poverty ListenreadDownloadDownload
Renters facing affordability crisis as wages stagnateBy Adam AllingtonDecember 12, 2016Wikimedia CommonsEvictions are on the rise as renters pay increasing share of income for housing.POSTED IN: eviction renters affordable housing living wage #jobs ListenreadDownloadDownload
What Trump's Housing Secretary nominee thinks about the government By Marketplace staffDecember 05, 2016Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesTrump has just chosen retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson as his pick for Housing Secretary.POSTED IN: Ben Carson donald trump Housing secretary politics read
Choice of Mnuchin troubles housing activistsBy Sabri Ben-AchourNovember 30, 2016TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesThe former Goldman Sachs partner doesn't have a great track record with mortgage lending.POSTED IN: steve mnuchin Housing finance Economy indymac onewest ListenreadDownloadDownload
Home equity helping people build household wealthBy Mitchell HartmanNovember 24, 2016Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesPOSTED IN: Housing crisis mortgage loans home equity ListenreadDownloadDownload
