Housing

Massachusetts sues federal agency over housing law

Massachusetts sues federal agency over housing law

Steve LeBlanc · June 2, 2014 7:56 pm

The Flower Has Not Wilted Sufficiently to Abort Recovery

Irwin M. Stelzer · May 31, 2014 3:00 am

This Tuesday, May 27, 2014 photo shows a house at West Boston in Detroit. Detroit spent as much as $537,000 per home renovating 30 houses starting in 2011 under a federal program to fight blight before selling most for less than $100,000 each, according to the Detroit News investigation published on Thursday. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

Report: Detroit spent big to renovate homes

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2014 2:24 pm

Inventories of homes for sale rose in April, which should allay worries about a lack of supply. (Thinkstock)

Housing prices beat expectations, show gains through March

Joseph Lawler · May 27, 2014 3:36 pm

This Monday, May 19, 2014 photo shows a home for sale in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller reports on U.S. home prices in March and for the first quarter of the year on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

US home prices rise at slower rate in March

Josh Boak · May 27, 2014 2:21 pm

Taxpayers paid nearly $600,000 to rehab this three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 4419 N. Kimball Ave. in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood with amenities like granite countertops and hardwood floors -- and it wound up selling for less than $200,000, an investigation by the Chicago Reporter found. More was spent on this single home than on rehabbing homes in the entire Roseland neighborhood, the Reporter found. (Photo: SpotProperty)

HUD money puts ‘luxury finishes’ on houses while Chicago’s hard-hit neighborhoods suffer

Kelly Cohen · May 26, 2014 1:46 pm

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and his brother Joaquin Castro, right, wave to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The brothers Castro: Who is in a better position, Julian or Joaquin?

Brian Hughes · May 24, 2014 9:00 am

President Obama listens to San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro after announcing the nomination of Castro to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Obama: Julian Castro reminds me of myself

Byron York · May 23, 2014 11:19 pm

In this May 21, 2014 photo, a sign sits in front of a new home for sale in West Des Moines, Iowa. The Commerce Department reports on sales of new homes in April on Friday, May 23, 2014.

US new-home sales rose 6.4 percent in April

Josh Boak · May 23, 2014 6:17 pm

Federal government agencies reported Friday that new home sales beat expectations in April rising to 433,000, up from a revised 407,000 in March. (Thinkstock)

Housing market rebounds in April, rising to 433,000 new-home sales

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2014 3:31 pm

Sales of new US homes up 6.4 percent in April; rate of buying still slower than in 2013

Sales of new US homes up 6.4 percent in April; rate of buying still slower than in 2013

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 2:01 pm

Jason Furman, left, and Jeffrey Zients described the FHFA and FHA's announcements as responding to the "perceived lack of clarity by lenders about how mortgage guarantees will be treated," which "has made them more cautious in lending to eligible borrowers with credit histories that are anything less than perfect." (AP Photos)

Obama economic advisers endorse shift to easier mortgage terms

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2014 1:12 am