Government index shows slight drop in home prices in fourth quarter of 2009 A government index shows home prices fell slightly in the fourth quarter of last year from the previous quarter, but remained stable. The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Thursday ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home prices in July rose for the third straight month, surpassing forecasts and suggesting that the housing market is stabilizing after a three-year plunge.</p><p>The S&P/Case-Shiller composite index of house prices in 20 metropolitan areas rose 1.6 percent ...
<div id="subtitle">Private research group says consumer confidence retreats in September amid job worries</div><div><p>Concerns that consumers won't help drive a speedy and strong economic recovery only escalated Tuesday after an influential barometer of confidence fell unexpectedly in September.</p><p>The Conference ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. house prices rose for a third month in July, but consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in September as the worst job market in 26 years fueled worries about personal finances, private reports showed on Tuesday.</p><p>The data indicates the ...
<div id="subtitle">Homes now worth what they were in 2003, survey finds</div><div><p> The price of the average single-family home rose more than expected in July, according to the latest S&amp;P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. It's the latest evidence suggesting the housing market may have ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home theaters are passe. Home offices are in.</p><p>The long U.S. housing downturn has led homeowners to scale back both the size of houses and the amenities found within them, but consumers are still willing to invest in energy ...
<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - Every 13 seconds in America, there is another foreclosure filing.</p><p>That's the rhythm of a crisis that threatens to choke off hopes for a recovery in the U.S. housing market as it destroys hundreds of billions of dollars in property ...
<div id="subtitle">Amid the wreckage of the financial crisis, building blocks for the next bubble are with us</div><div><p>The next financial bubble could come sooner than you think.</p><p>A year after the collapse of home values triggered the financial crisis and Great ...
<div id="subtitle">Lesson learned from home price collapse: Gimme shelter, not a short-term investment</div><div><p>For all the doom and gloom about the housing market, it still generally pays to own a home.</p><p>That might be a tough case to make right now ...
<div id="subtitle">Government index shows US home prices fell 0.3 percent in August; still 11 percent below peak</div><div><p>A government index shows U.S. home prices dipped slightly in August from the previous month, but remained above a low point reached in May.</p>< ...
