Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Will Housing Prices Fall 20 Percent in 2012?
July 16th, 2011Will Housing Prices Fall 20 Percent in 2012? When will we reach bottom in the housing market? With lenders filing foreclosures more slowly and an excess inventory of homes, housing prices could fall another 20 percent next year, says one economist. Gary Shilling, one of the economists who predicted the subprime mortgage crisis, says the [...]
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Bernanke: Lack of Clarity, Confidence Hurting Housing Market
July 13th, 2011Bernanke: Lack of Clarity, Confidence Hurting Housing Market Major overhauls could help the housing market regain its footing, though the cost of mortgages is likely to rise as the government role fades, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in congressional testimony. Read more on Wall Street Journal Blogs
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University overbooks housing: Some rooms to hold up to four students
July 10th, 2011University overbooks housing: Some rooms to hold up to four students Instead of a projected freshman class of 4,900, the University can expect nearly 5,500 students enrolling in the fall. The University’s first-year live-on requirement has left housing officials scrambling for other options such as family and graduate housing and bunking three or more students [...]
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Housing market shows unexpected resilience
July 10th, 2011Housing market shows unexpected resilience LONDON (Reuters) – Housebuilders see signs that the housing market is proving more resilient than many feared due partly to pent up demand from people who need to move house despite mortgages still being tough to obtain. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
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Five Housing Trends in Summer 2011
July 5th, 2011Five Housing Trends in Summer 2011 Will mortgage rates rise? Will jumbo loans get less scarce? Here are the summer trends. Read more on FOX Business
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Student Housing a Surprising Bright Spot for Developers, Investors
July 3rd, 2011Student Housing a Surprising Bright Spot for Developers, Investors With development near a standstill for most new office, industrial and retail space , institutional capital has increasingly turned its focus on a few distinct property niches benefitting from advantageous demographic and business trends, such as medical offices, data centers and self-storage facilities. More recently, student [...]
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Real estate veteran discusses new trends in struggling housing market
June 30th, 2011Real estate veteran discusses new trends in struggling housing market If the housing market were human, it would look like it just wrestled a few alligators, after running an obstacle course through a snake pit. The market is beaten and bruised, but still trying to emerge from the recession, which is why Greg Rand, a [...]
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Housing Surprise Lifts Stocks
June 29th, 2011Housing Surprise Lifts Stocks A surprisingly positive Case Shiller reading strengthens stocks in the face of Greek protests. Read more on TheStreet.com
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Nigeria: Making Housing Fund Contribution National Agenda
June 24th, 2011Nigeria: Making Housing Fund Contribution National Agenda The availability of decent housing in any society can help check vices such as lack of security and poor health. SAMSON ECHENIM writes that the time to inject life into the National Housing Fund scheme is now, to effectively bridge the wide gap the lack of adequate housing [...]
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BofA may post $27 billion in housing losses by ’13
June 17th, 2011BofA may post $27 billion in housing losses by ’13 Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. lender, may face a further $27 billion of housing-related losses between now and 2013 amid increasing regulation as the economic recovery slows, analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein… Read more on San Francisco Chronicle
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