Housing Momentum Builds but Perils Persist January 27, 2010, Wall Street Journal There's new evidence the housing market is healing after a four-year slump, but the danger of further price drops remains amid persistent job-market weakness, according to The Wall Street Journal's quarterly housing...
Home Prices Rise for 6th Straight Month in Nov. January 26, 2010, Washington Post Home prices rose for the sixth straight month in November, with 14 of 20 metro areas posting improvements from the month before. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index released Tuesday inched up 0.2...
Realtors Cheer Prediction of Rising Home Prices November 14, 2009, San Diego Union-Tribune The National Association of Realtors' chief economist predicted yesterday that housing prices will rise for the first time in four years in 2010 as sales return to a normal pace. “Things are much better...
U.S., Lenders Seek Ways to Head Off New Mortgage-Default Wave October 7, 2009, Wall Street Journal Lenders and government officials are searching for ways to head off a wave of defaults on pay-option adjustable-rate mortgages, which are threatening to become the next storm to hit the U.S. housing market...