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May 2, 2013 11:45 AM
Move Inc. acquires real estate site Doorsteps

Move Inc. announced Thursday the acquisition of Doorsteps, a website providing tools and resources to potential homeowners. The acquisition will enable Move to connect consumers with their perfect homes as well as tools, knowledge and professionals needed...

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April 30, 2013 12:00 PM
Vacancy rates drop alongside homeownership rates

Vacancy rates across the U.S. suggest more Americans are slowly coming back into the housing and rental markets, but at a very controlled and deliberate pace.

Rental vacancy rates in the U.S. slowly inched down to 8.6% in the first quarter of 2013, down 0.2 percentage points from the...

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April 30, 2013 08:15 AM
S&P/Case-Shiller: Home prices continue to strengthen

Home prices continued their upward trajectory, nearing 10%, according to data through February 2013 released Tuesday in the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices...

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April 29, 2013 04:49 PM
HUD homes add to inventory-starved market

Any homebuyer on the market right now will tell you the crowd of buyers and multiple offers are creating a challenge.

Those in search of distressed homes owned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are not immune to this supply-and-demand situation. In...

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April 29, 2013 04:43 PM
HUD homes add to inventory-starved market

Any homebuyer on the market right now will tell you the crowd of buyers and multiple offers are creating a challenge.

Those in search of distressed homes owned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are not immune to this supply-and-demand situation. In...

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April 29, 2013 09:08 AM
Pending home sales continue to climb

After remaining flat in February, pending home sales increased in March, floating above year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors, which...

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April 29, 2013 07:50 AM
LPS: Home prices edge up in February

Home prices in the U.S. rose 1% from January to February and 7.3% from year ago levels, Lender Processing Services said in its February U.S. Home Price Index report.

The average home price in February reached $210,000, a 1.3% improvement from the start of the year and...

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April 29, 2013 07:26 AM
Lawmakers fight to save financing for manufactured homes

Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are fighting to obtain more financing for manufactured homes, a segment of the market that receives little national attention despite its role in providing affordable housing.

Congressman Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn., along with Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. and...

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April 26, 2013 09:23 AM
San Francisco housing market becomes nearly unaffordable

At a recent real estate conference in Dallas, Trulia Chief Economist Jed Kolko discussed how his hometown, San Francisco, was experiencing unreasonably high...

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April 26, 2013 09:10 AM
San Francisco housing market becomes nearly unaffordable

At a recent real estate conference in Dallas, Trulia Chief Economist Jed Kolko discussed how his hometown, San Francisco, was experiencing unreasonably high...

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April 26, 2013 08:29 AM
D.R. Horton profit soars on higher demand

Americans searching for a new home lifted the profitability of D.R. Horton in the second-quarter of fiscal 2013 by as much as 173%.

The dramatic growth showed the underpinnings of a housing recovery that is now sweeping through certain U.S. markets.

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April 25, 2013 12:08 PM
NAHB calls on Congress to support housing tax incentives

The National Association of Home Builders called on Congress Thursday to maintain its support for vital housing incentives in order to meet the nation’s growing need for affordable rental housing and homeownership opportunities.

The housing incentives include the Low...

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April 25, 2013 11:16 AM
CoreLogic scoops up Case-Shiller

CoreLogic announced the acquisition of Case-Shiller from Fiserv in conjunction with its first-quarter 2013 earnings report.

The acquisition, which closed on March 20, comes with the rights to publish one of the most well-known home price...

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April 25, 2013 11:01 AM
CoreLogic scoops up Case-Shiller

CoreLogic announced the acquisition of Case-Shiller from Fiserv in conjunction with its first-quarter 2013 earnings report.

The acquisition, which closed on March 20, comes with the rights to publish one of the most well-known home price...

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April 25, 2013 11:01 AM
Bear vs bull: The current good and bad of the recovery

While both single-family and multifamily housing starts anticipated to record double-digit gains over last year in 2013, there are factors that continue to hold back even more substantial growth as the recovery evolves, according to economists at the National Association of Home Builders...

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