Jun 22 Existing home sale plunge 9.7 percent in 3rd straight monthly drop By Associated Press The National Association of Realtors said Monday that the monthly decline pushed sales down to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.91 million, the slowest pace since a home buyers tax credit expired in October 2010. Continue reading
Jul 26 Sales of new homes hit 8-year high in June By News Desk June was the swiftest month for new single-family house sales in more than eight years, rising 3.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted rate of 592,000, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 8:23 The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard By PBS News Hour Job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has exploded in recent years and many people are being priced out. Blame the NIMBYS, including progressives fighting to protect their quaint neighborhoods by blocking any new construction. Activists battling income equality… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 10:41 Bad bargain? Manufactured-home owners feel the financial strain By PBS News Hour Twenty million Americans live in mobile, or manufactured, homes that offer affordable housing, particularly in rural parts of the country. Typically older and poorer than traditional homeowners, manufactured homeowners often face serious, unique financial difficulties that make it a bad… Continue watching
Sep 24 Why the foreclosure crisis isn’t over yet By Paul Solman This is the story of two housing markets — one that's doing very well and another that's treading water. Continue reading
Aug 22 In Bank of America settlement, who’s feeling the pain? By Simone Pathe The day after Bank of America's record $16.65 billion settlement with the Department of Justice, Making Sen$e looks back at how the bank increased their holdings of risky mortgages and looks forward at whom -- from consumers to shareholders --… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch New reports suggest slow down in housing market recovery By PBS News Hour Recent reports suggest that the recovery in the nation’s housing market might be starting to slow down, with both existing and new home sales down in the last months. How will this affect the overall economic health in the country?… Continue watching
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 26 Watch The Good, the Bad and the Politics Behind the Latest Government Economic Report The Good, the Bad and the Politics Behind the Latest Government Economic Report… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch How the Mortgage Crisis in Nevada Will Affect Voters at the Polls How the Mortgage Crisis in Nevada Will Affect Voters at the Polls… Continue watching