Kathleen M. Howley
Housing recovery stymied as government works at cross-purposes
BOSTON - Sue Stamper, a business owner in Sacramento, Calif., wants to buy a home. After mortgage-financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac imposed the...
U.S. mortgage foreclosures fall from record on employment
BOSTON - Mortgage foreclosures declined in the first quarter from a record high as U.S. employment and personal income rose, a sign the economic...
Realtors: Providence home prices gain 4.2% in second quarter; Boston up...
CHICAGO – Home prices rose 1.5 percent in 100 U.S. metropolitan areas in the second quarter as a buyer tax credit boosted demand and...
Experts split on double-dip for housing
BOSTON – Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist at Barclays Capital, says the worst is over for the U.S. housing sector. Dean Baker, co-director of...
Realtors: U.S. home sales could drop to 5-year low
Existing home sales probably will fall 11 percent this year to a five-year low, worse than previously forecast, and new-home sales will tumble to...
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