Stories tagged "housing" - Page 32

The harsh truth is that the United States of America is probably in a recession… maybe even a depression.

In her bustling corner real estate brokerage, Ana Laura Pulido is doing her best business in years, enjoying a sort of Mexican immunity from the U.S. housing crash.

New home starts fell to their lowest rate in nearly two decades last December.

The U.S. government is working to develop several different programs meant to stave off foreclosures. Although policymakers claim that these programs are for struggling mortgage borrowers, it is obvious that the real goal is to bail out mortgage lenders.

You think you know the housing market? Take the quiz below, based on monthly and annual statistics released last week from the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, which also covers Queens:

CEPR promotes democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.

Homes in these 20 spots are the country's most and least expensive to lease.

The U.S. housing market may be a seller's nightmare but Manhattan's was a dream in the fourth quarter as foreign buyers pushed up demand while supply stayed tight, sending the average sales price to a record high.

The housing market plunged deeper into despair last month, with sales of new homes plummeting to their lowest level in more than 12 years.

The housing slump and mortgage crisis are reshaping population flows across the nation even in the booming states of the Southwest, according to an analysis of Census estimates released Thursday.