Sub-prime crisis claims boss of biggest bank
Los Angeles Times, 11/5/2007
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Homes That Excite 50+ Buyers Just as Important as Lifestyle
Nation's Building News, 11/5/2007
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Fed cuts rates by quarter point
Reuters, 10/31/2007
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Many States Seen Facing Water Shortagest
Associated Press, 10/26/2007
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Green Building Programs for Builders of Any Size
Wondering how to market your green-built houses? Look into certification from one of these groups.
HGTVPro.com, 10/26/2007
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Existing home sales plunge by 8 percent
Associated Press, 10/24/2007
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Countrywide To Offer To Rework 82,000 Loans
Washington Post , 10/24/2007
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Mortgage resets: a rude
awakening
Ignorance may be bliss, but it could mean a lot of pain
for all
the players in the subprime crisis when a record
number of
adjustable rate mortgages reset.
CNN Money.com, 10/17/2007
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Housing Ugly But Moving In Right Direction
Forbes, 10/17/2007
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Paulson Says Housing Is Likely
To Adversely Affect Economy
Wall Street Journal Online, 10/16/2007
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Fed cut's impact on housing seen low
A quarter of the way home: Small drop in Fed fund rate may offer little
help to besieged housing market.
CNN Money.com, 9/18/2007
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Size of New Homes Shrink As Builders Battle Housing Slump
Recession still seems unlikely, but odds rising, analysts say
MSNBC, 9/7/2007
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How badly has housing hurt the economy?
Recession still seems unlikely, but odds rising, analysts say
MSNBC, 9/7/2007
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Congress Launches Proposals
In Wake of Subprime Mess
Wall Street Journal Online, 9/7/2007
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Fed Sees Limited Housing Fallout
Risks to Broader Economy From Market's Downturn Remain a Top Concern
Wall Street Journal, 9/7/2007
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Bonfire Of The Builders
By rushing into the mortgage business big-time, homebuilders helped fuel the housing crisis.
BusinessWeek, 8/13/2007
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Foreign Buyers Scoop Up Real Estate in the U.S.
In a slow housing market, one type of buyer is still bullish on America -- foreigners.
Wall Street Journal Online, 8/3/2007
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Pending home sales index rises 5 percent
Data seen a positive sign for slumping housing market
Associated Press, 8/1/2007
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Some Hard-Hit Cities See Signs of a Housing Market Turnaround
Wall Street Journal Online, 7/26/2007
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Smaller Cities Buck Housing Slump
Some Smaller Towns Buck National Housing Slump, Homes
Appreciate.
Associated Press, 7/19/2007
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June's Housing Starts Show
An Unexpected Increase
Housing starts increased 2.3% to a seasonally adjusted 1.467 million annual rate, after falling 3.4%
in May to 1.434 million, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
Wall Street Journal Online, 7/18/2007
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Home builders' confidence plunges again in July
Housing starts could begin gradual recovery next year, builders say.
MarketWatch, 7/17/2007
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Stocks: Housing Woes Cast a
Wider Net
It's not just homebuilders. Now, retailers and homegoods
manufacturers are feeling the pain as
consumers pull in their horns.
Business Week , 6/11/2007
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Most Resilient U.S. Real Estate Markets
When it comes to real estate, the questions on everyone's lips are: How low is low, and when's the perfect time to buy back
in?
Forbes, 6/08/2007
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The Long Life Span of a Housing Downturn
WHAT happens when the American housing industry enters a downturn? It can last a long time.
New York Times , 6/02/2007
Read On Foreclosure rates up big in December
Lower lending standards and softening markets contribute to continued troubles for homeowners.
CNN.com, 1/17/2007
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Housing slump not all doom and gloom
Mortgage interest rates have been falling quietly but steadily for weeks, and are now at their lowest level in half a year, barely a percentage point above 40-year lows.
San Diego Union Tribune, 10/15/2006
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A new indicator for the housing market?
Analysis of online search queries suggests home sales are poised to pick up this month.
CNBC, 8/31/2006
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Real Estate Psych Spike
There are neat charts of data...
And then there's emotion.
Voice of San Diego, 8/23/2006
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Homeowners say "Downsize Me!"
Americans are carrying a lot of excess weight and desperately want to slim down.
Reuters, 8/13/2006
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Younger Buyers Want Better, Not Bigger
After their marriage nearly four years ago, Kathryn and Dan Drury decided to move out of their condominium in an Atlanta suburb and build a house.
New York Times, 5/07/2006
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Americans Head Out Beyond the Exurbs
Archer County, Tex., the place that "The Last Picture Show" made into a symbol of the decline of small-town life in the 1950's, is growing.
New York Times, 5/07/2006
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Suburbs Want Downtowns of Their Own
Pat and Jeff Jerde raised their two sons in a 6,000-square-foot home in this booming suburb about 20 miles south of downtown Minneapolis.
New York Times, 4/30/2006
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U.S. Economy Still Expanding at Rapid Pace
Gas prices are rising, as are mortgage rates. House prices in many once-hot markets have started slipping... Yet the national economy continues to speed ahead
New York Times, 4/28/2006
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Housing Strength Shifts to New Markets
As Real-Estate Boom Slows on the Coasts, Texas and Other Overlooked Areas Gain Heat
Wall Street Journal, 4/26/2006
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Five Indicators Give Early Clues To the Direction of the Economy
After trudging through the fourth quarter and breaking into a sprint early this year, the U.S. economy is supposed to be easing into a steady jog about now.
Wall Street Journal, 4/24/2006
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House Price Appreciation Continues At Robust Pace
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) House Price Index Shows Annual Rise of Nearly 13 Percent; Unprecedented Increases in 26 Metropolitan Areas
OFHEO, 3/01/2006
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The Why, What, and How of Management Innovation
Over the past century, breakthroughs such as brand management and the divisionalized organization structure have created more sustained competitive advantage than anything that came out of a lab or focus group. Here how you can make your company a serial management innovator.
Harvard Business Review, 2/2006
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You Bet Your House: Home Price Futures are Coming
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a financial marketplace dealing in the value of everything from interest rates and foreign currencies to pork bellies, has committed to offer trading next year in a category many consumers take personally: U.S. home prices.
USA Today, 11/09/2005
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Pulte Homes' "Baby Boomer Survey"
Del Webb's 2005 survey of the Baby Boomer generation studied over 1,800 respondents and provides key insights into the home buying wants and needs of Baby Boomers (from the link above or below, click on Press Room, then click on Baby Boomer Survey).
Pulte Homes, 6/07/2005
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The State of the Nation's Housing 2005
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University has published their annual “State of the Nation’s Housing Report.” The 2005 edition provides an excellent summary of trends in 2004 and discusses issues such as declining affordability levels and future demand for housing.
Harvard University, 06/2005
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