Tag: Census Bureau
For blacks, housing crisis endures
Here’s one way the 2008 financial crisis is still very much with us: For black Americans, homeownership is more out of reach than it...
U.S. new-home sales fall to five-month low, missing estimates
WASHINGTON – Sales of new United States homes fell to a five-month low in May, adding to signs of weakness in the sector despite...
U.S. new-home sales drop from 11-year high as prices increase
NEW YORK – Sales of new homes in the United States cooled in April from an 11-year high amid a surge in prices, adding...
Why housing is tanking in Northeast
Sales of new single-family houses were down 13.2 percent in September from a year earlier, the Census Bureau reported recently. That’s a lot –...
No raise? It’s not you
The kind of company you work for makes a big difference to your chances of getting raises, new research has found.
This adds to growing...