Nov 21 Home sales break 6-month losing streak, rising 1.4 percent By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Despite the recent uptick, home sales are still down from a year ago, hurt by rising interest rates. Continue reading
Feb 21 U.S. home sales fell 3.2 percent in January, 2nd straight decline By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press U.S. sales of existing homes fell in January from a year earlier by the most in more than three years, and declined for a second consecutive month. Would-be buyers were stymied by rising prices and a shortage of homes for… Continue reading
May 29 Watch Signs of Recovery, Home Sales Paint a Better Fiscal Picture in the U.S. Signs of Recovery, Home Sales Paint a Better Fiscal Picture in the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch Housing and the Foreclosure Crisis Are Missing From the Campaign Conversation Housing and the Foreclosure Crisis Are Missing From the Campaign Conversation… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch For U.S. Markets, ‘One Step Forward, One Step Back’ Wall Street had a strong showing on Thursday, but the positive news was tempered by other economic readings showing declining home sales and rising claims for unemployment benefits. Jim Lehrer speaks with Greg Ip of The Economist for more. Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Florida Struggles to Keep Up With Demands on Unemployment System In the latest in a series of reports making sense of the economy, Paul Solman examines troubles for both those receiving and those paying for jobless benefits in Florida, where jobless rates are the sixth highest in the country. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Foreclosures: Who’s Being Helped, Who’s Losing Out? The Obama administration is tweaking the current foreclosure policy to help people stay in their homes. Judy Woodruff reports on who may be helped. Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch Other News: Pelosi Promises a Public Option In other news, House speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted on Friday that the House of Representatives' compromise health reform bill will include a public option, and the National Association of Realtors announced a jump in sales of pre-owned homes. Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch Other News: New Home Sales Surge 11% in June In other news, new home sales leapt 11 percent in June, the largest monthly gain in nearly nine years, and the U.S. warned Iran it could face tough sanctions if it rejects talks on its nuclear program. Continue watching
Jun 24 Fed Keeps Key Rate at Record Low By PBS News Hour The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the recession is easing, but that the U.S. economy likely will remain fragile and limit the threat of inflation. Continue reading