Obama did not quite tell Americans that confronting the challenges of economic recovery at home will be the moral equivalent of war, but he did tie in the spirit of soldiers serving abroad with the need to strengthen the country …
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Returning to the War At Home | The American Prospect
Across the country home prices are up nearly 7% from the lows in 2009. As Anthony Mason reports, some economists believe the housing market may still be on shaky ground.
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National Home Prices Up 7% - CBS MoneyWatch.com
The real estate market is getting better, at least according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The data showed what most experts have known for some time. June was a month in which prices rose from last year.
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Case-Shiller Shows Home Prices Improve - 24/7 Wall St.
What does the US housing market look like without all the life support provided by the federal government? A little too much like a corpse
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A New Home Buyer Tax Credit? HUD Not Ruling It Out - CBS …
Militants entered Tsentoroi at 4:30 on Sunday morning and had time to set several private houses on fire before local militia and the president’s security detail managed to wrest the ground from enemy.
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Chechen militants attack Kadyrov's home village - RT Top Stories
Robert Shiller, co-creator of the S&P/Case-Shiller price indexes, said that although he doesn’t forecast prices, “I think the scenario of declining home prices for years to come is underemphasized by people.” Supporting house prices has …
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Calculated Risk: Petruno: Time to let home prices fall?
New home sales cratered, according to the Commerce Department. The news comes one day after similar news on existing home sales “Sales of new single-family houses in July 2010 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 276000, …
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New Home Sales Fall Out Of Sight - 24/7 Wall St.
Homeownership and college education were booming trends after the mid-20th century, together ballooning the US middle class — and distinguishing that class from those below it. As the century ended, haves had homes and college …
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Philip N. Cohen: Home, School?
“That’s because they highlight how people used their home equity lines as credit cards,” says Fox News analyst James Farrell. They “cannot find buyers to liquidate their primary asset to pay off (these home equity line balances), …
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What's Really Dragging Down Home Sales | Emac's Stock Watch
Sales of existing homes plunged 27.2 percent in July, down to their lowest level since the National Association of Realtors began keeping track over a decade ago.
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Existing Home Sales Swan Dive - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com
