Topic: Federal Housing Finance Board
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Top 10 cities where house prices are rising
House prices continue to fall nationwide, but here and there they’ve begun to turn up as Americans return to the housing market. Which 10 metropolitan areas have seen the biggest increase in the past year? The winners, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), include a state capital, a furniture-making center, and a resort that was once America’s foreclosure capital. Can you guess who they are?
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Home prices fall again: Eight keys to the housing market future
Five years after home prices peaked in the US, the housing market remains a weak link in the economy – an important sector that's still struggling to find its postrecession footing. What will 2011 bring? It could be a pivotal year when home prices bottom out and a more stable environment begins to emerge. Here is a look at the key issues affecting home buyers and sellers as we approach the spring real estate market.
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Home prices hit post-boom lows: What does that mean for housing market?
Despite fresh optimism about the housing market, home prices in the Case-Shiller Index fell during the first quarter, suggesting that the market is still stabilizing.
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Paper Economy
Home prices increase
In March, home prices increased 1.78 percent since February, rising 2.69 percent above the level seen in March 2011.
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Forgiving mortgage loans would save taxpayers money, say Fannie Mae papers
Mortgage loans giant Fannie Mae supported principal reductions for some struggling homeowners in 2009
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Home prices: New numbers raise hopes they're finally starting to stabilize
Declines in home prices may be slowing, according to one report, while another has found the first year-on-year increase in prices since July 2007.
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Top 10 cities where house prices are rising
House prices continue to fall nationwide, but here and there they’ve begun to turn up as Americans return to the housing market. Which 10 metropolitan areas have seen the biggest increase in the past year? The winners, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), include a state capital, a furniture-making center, and a resort that was once America’s foreclosure capital. Can you guess who they are?
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Paper Economy
Home prices increase
Nationally, home prices increased 0.71 percent since November but declined 1.32 percent below the level seen in December 2010.
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On the Economy
Good housing legislation could save the economy
Housing is the one area of policy with the greatest potential to actually move the needle on the economy
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Subprime scandal: ex-Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac execs accused of fraud
The SEC filed a civil fraud lawsuit Friday against six former top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying they misled investors about the subprime-loan risks they faced.
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Unemployment rate falls. Job gains ease fears of new recession.
The unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent last month, down from 9 percent. It's the latest sign that the US economy is steering clear of a new recession. Still, pitfalls linger.
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Paper Economy
Home prices down from last year
Home prices increased 0.94 percent since August, but declined 2.52 percent below the level of home prices seen in September 2010.
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Freddie Mac, on taxpayer support, pays big bonuses
Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae defend $13 million in bonus payments. Executives tell House committee that bonuses needed to keep qualified staff at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
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Freddie Mac CEO, others leaving in shakeup
Freddie Mac will lose CEO Haldeman, its chairman, and two board members in coming months. It's the biggest management shakeup at Freddie Mac since the US took it over in 2008.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regulator throws lifeline to underwater homeowners
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: The overhaul, which would only help a fraction of the country's 11 million underwater borrowers, is the latest government effort to breathe life into the crippled US housing market.
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Home Affordable Refinance Program: A lifeline to 'underwater' borrowers?
Home Affordable Refinance Program did not reach as many borrowers as officials had hoped. By including 'underwater' loans, the Obama administration hopes to stem the tide of foreclosures.
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Mortgage refinancing? Not for these 2.3 million homeowners.
Mortgage refinancing would have benefited them last year, Fed study says. But 2.3 million either were 'underwater' or didn't have credit scores to qualify for mortgage refinancing.
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Faulty mortgage loans catch up with 17 big banks
Faulty mortgage loans were a major contributor to the recession and now a US regulator is suing 17 big banks for their role in those faulty loans.
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US sues biggest banks over risky mortgages
Government lawsuit claims 17 banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup, and JP Morgan, misrepresented the value of $196 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities when it sold them to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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'Double dip' in home prices is official, and prices could drop more
Home prices fell sharply during the first quarter of 2011, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index. The 'double dip' means they dropped below their Great Recession low point, reached in early 2009.
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Stocks end modestly higher as energy gains
The Dow rose about 38 points, with DuPont rising and Verizon falling. The Nasdaq rose about 15 points.
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No more McMansions: Half of home sales under $200,000
US new home sales skidded to a record low in February, except for one category: homes under $200,000. Goodbye, McMansions.
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Home prices: Where's the market headed?
Home prices peaked in the US five years ago. Here is a look at the key issues affecting home prices as the spring real estate market approaches.
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Home prices fall again: Eight keys to the housing market future
Five years after home prices peaked in the US, the housing market remains a weak link in the economy – an important sector that's still struggling to find its postrecession footing. What will 2011 bring? It could be a pivotal year when home prices bottom out and a more stable environment begins to emerge. Here is a look at the key issues affecting home buyers and sellers as we approach the spring real estate market.
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The Daily Reckoning
What will printing money and creating debt lead to?
Ben Bernanke believes that making people feel richer is the key to generating actual wealth. Is he right? We're about to find out.
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The Daily Reckoning
Economic irony: creating bubbles to maintain stability
Will QE2 accelerate the national and international economic decline?
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The Daily Reckoning
Recession officially over: Somebody tell the unemployed.
Unemployment lasts longer than ever before, home values keep declining, foreclosures abound and people are growing poorer. This is the rebound?
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