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USA Today (AP)
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West pushes up sales of new homes in February
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U.S. homebuyers in the West accounted for all of February's increase in sales of new houses, possibly signaling uncertain growth prospects for the broader real estate market heading into the spring buying season.
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USA Today
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Blame owners, not builders, for housing crunch
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Gridlock in the housing market that's slowing both first-time home purchases and trade-ups to better units is the chief reason for a persistent housing shortage, according to a new study.
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The Wall Street Journal
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More Americans are again moving to suburbs than cities
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Economists to real-estate agents have debated whether the housing boom and bust of the last decade has dramatically remade the way Americans live or merely created a temporary disruption.
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The Wall Street Journal
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Rent-to-own homes make a comeback
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Wall Street firms have found a new way to profit from consumers with blemished credit who can't qualify for a mortgage: let them rent a home first with the option to buy it later. (Subscription may be required.)
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The Washington Post
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Fannie and Freddie: If you can't kill them, merge them?
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A group including some of the chief architects of the Obama administration's housing policy released a paper Wednesday outlining a new proposal for how to deal with mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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MarketWatch
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This plan to overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac just might pass Congress
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By many measures, the housing market is doing just fine. Home prices have largely recovered from the bust, lenders have tightened standards to avoid the risky behavior that caused it, and most Americans view homeownership as – surprise – a process of owning a home, not a get-rich-quick scheme.
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The Wall Street Journal
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Fannie, Freddie to cut mortgage balances for thousands of homeowners
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Thousands of homeowners will be eligible to have their mortgage balances cut under a plan approved by the federal regulator of mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to people familiar with the matter. (Subscription may be required.)
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