Home Economics
Inside the U.S. housing market
Home prices notch 5th straight gain but pace slows
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home prices rose for the fifth straight month and posted the second quarterly increase, but the pace of appreciation in September slowed and was less than expected, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes on Tuesday. Full Article
Fannie Mae cuts portfolio, delinquencies jump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae , shrunk its gross mortgage portfolio by an annual rate of about 28 percent in October and delinquencies on loans it guarantees rose sharply in September, the largest U.S. home funding company said on Tuesday. Full Article
U.S. House Prices
Housing Market Data
Current Indicators
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index tracks changes in single-family home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan regions. Read the most recent data.
The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index tracks builders' confidence in their ability to sell new homes. Read data for the latest month.
With new home sales, existing home sales is the key indicator of demand in the housing market. Read for data from the latest month.
A key indicator of demand in the housing market. Read for data from the latest month.
Leading Indicators
This monthly indicator tracks construction underway on new homes. It's a key look at the housing market as well as the U.S. economy. Read the latest.
The monthly report tracks the number of permits issued to build new single-family homes. Read the latest.
Please quit real estate, Washington
There are lots of villains to blame for the U.S. financial crisis but the one baddie Washington doesn’t want to touch is, well, Washington. Blog
Show us your credit crunch
Have you been hit by the U.S. housing crisis? Do you see evidence of the year-long credit crisis all around? Blog
Special Report: Housing's Fragile Recovery
"Short sale" battles weigh on recovery
Home equity lenders faced with losses from the U.S. property slump are holding out for more money in distressed sales, slowing transactions needed to support a recovery, real estate agents and analysts say. Full Article
What lessons learned?
Responses to the housing crisis may fall short of fostering the kind of stability required to rebuild a housing market healthy enough to withstand the next downturn. Full Article
Mortgage insurers may gain from Obama's housing push
The Obama administration's latest effort to boost the beleaguered housing market is likely to help mortgage insurers as lower defaults will boost their liquidity. Full Article
Risks still lurk even as buyers return
Investors and homeowners in California are bracing for another fall in the housing market as emergency government support measures fall short or expire. Full Article
New investors swoop on battered housing market
Property investors these days are smaller and say they are more willing to wait it out -- a stark contrast from the fervent flipping and reckless borrowing that characterized housing investment a few years ago. Full Article
At auctions, broken dreams on sale
Saddled with swollen portfolios of foreclosed and unsold properties in the housing crisis, U.S. lenders and builders are turning to professional auctioneers to help them unload the unwanted real estate in a hurry. Full Article
