The housing market has shown several consecutive months of improvement in home prices and buyer demand. The housing market—once a downer for the U.S. economy—is now its one bright...
Morgan Stanley Makes Bold Prediction on Housing
Investment firm Morgan Stanley has high hopes for the housing market’s recovery this year and next. “We expect to see 2012 end with an increase of 7 to 9 percent for the year...
Top Real Estate Execs Weigh in on Housing Recovery
Real estate brokerage executives are getting more confident about the housing recovery. In fact, more than 80 percent say they are “more confident” about the housing market now...
Housing May Be What Drives Economic Recovery
As the economy struggles to find footing, many analysts are calling housing a bright spot, particularly during the second quarter. Home sales for existing-homes over $100,000 have...
Fannie: Housing Shows Signs of ‘Durable, Long-Term Recovery’
Economic activity slowed in the first half of 2012, but housing is one bright spot, according to Fannie Mae’s August 2012 Economic Outlook. Home sales are projected to be 9 percent...
Fannie Mae Expresses ‘Cautious Optimism’ for Housing Market
Despite slowing economic growth, Fannie Mae says the housing market has “performed relatively well” as record affordability and low interest rates continue to bump up home sales....
Get Ready for the Echo Boomers’ Mark on Housing
Sixty-two million echo boomers — between the ages of 17 and 31 — are expected to shape the housing market in the next decades, reports U.S. News & World Report. “With...
Obama’s May Housing Scorecard: Market Stabilizing
The latest Housing Scorecard from the Obama administration showed real estate stabilizing in every region of the country, but it still has a long way to go in the road toward full...
Positive Signs Abound for Housing
The first quarter of 2012 was the best first quarter for real estate in five years, and pending contracts suggest that the second quarter of 2012 will be the best second quarter in...
Needy States Use Housing Aid Cash to Plug Budgets
As the funds from a $25 billion nationwide settlement over foreclosure abuses are distributed to individual states, money set aside specifically to help distressed home owners is...



