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ECONOMIC NEWS
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MarketWatch
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Home price gains picked up steam at year-end, CoreLogic says
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Forget the rent - home purchase prices may soon be "too damn high." Nationally, prices rose 6.6% for the 12 months ending in December, real-estate data provider CoreLogic said Tuesday. That marked the fourth month in a row in which annual increases were higher than in the prior month.
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USA Today
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10 states predicted to have strong housing markets in 2018
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The housing market in the U.S. has experienced a major uptick over the past two years. In 2016, existing home sales were the strongest they've been since 2006. More than a decade after the worst housing crisis in U.S. history, it seems we're finally in a sustainable recovery period.
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MarketWatch
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Mortgage rates hit 14-month high as bonds sell off
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Rates for home loans rose to the highest in more than a year, raising the prospect of a fresh headwind for housing that mortgage professionals think the market can handle — for now.
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MarketWatch
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Will stock market volatility affect house prices?
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As the stock market's correction dredged up memories of 2007, some have begun to look for the bubble that might burst into the next recession. But housing experts say that real estate is unlikely to be the culprit this time around.
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Houston Chronicle
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Houston builders to add 28,000 homes this year
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Houston-area builders will start construction on more homes this year, but labor shortages, increased material costs and rising mortgage rates could present challenges to the industry, according to a new forecast.
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PRODUCT NEWS
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BDX
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Professional Warranty Service Corporation
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The 2018 Home Building Forecast: Is It the Tortoise or the Hare?
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Should we feel good about the prospects for housing in the coming year considering the positive signs we are seeing? The answer, according to PWSC's President, Gale F. Sommers is... yes, but cautiously. Here's why.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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The New York Times
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The affordable housing crisis is about to get worse
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Many of the worst effects of the tax bill President Trump signed in December could take years to emerge. But the damage to the federal tax credit program that finances nearly all affordable housing built in America is already painfully evident. Unless Congress rescues this crucial program, a quarter million fewer affordable units will be built over the next 10 years, deepening an already serious crisis.
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LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT
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NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
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