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Gold: Is it Really a Safe Haven?

11/05/2009|Web Exclusive

Gold: Is it Really a Safe Haven?We break down if the precious metal is a safe play for your portfolio.

Benefits of Tax-Credit Extension

11/05/2009|FOX Business

Benefits of Tax-Credit ExtensionSen. Johnny Isakson, (R-Ga.), on extending the homebuyer tax credit program.

The Greatest Trade Ever

11/05/2009|FOX Business

The Greatest Trade EverWSJ's Greg Zuckerman on Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson's success betting on the housing bubble's collapse.

Yale's Shiller: Optimism Lifting Home Prices

11/05/2009|Opening Bell

Yale's Shiller: Optimism Lifting Home PricesCase Shiller Home Price Index Founder Robert Shiller weighs in on housing and the economy.

Is the FHA Headed for a Bailout?

11/05/2009|FOX Business

Is the FHA Headed for a Bailout?FBN's Peter Barnes on the future of the Federal Housing Administration.

Why Extend Homebuyer Tax Credit?

11/04/2009|FOX Business

Why Extend Homebuyer Tax Credit?Better Home and Gardens Rand Realty's Greg Rand argues the housing crisis has ended.

HomeServices CEO: Housing is Stabilizing

11/02/2009|FOX Business

HomeServices CEO: Housing is StabilizingHomeServices CEO Ron Peltier on the outlook for the housing market .

Housing Showing Signs of Life

10/29/2009|FOX Business

Housing Showing Signs of LifeFBN's Jeff Flock from Elgin, Ill. where there are positive signs in the housing market .

Housing Sector's Faltering Health

10/28/2009|Web Exclusive

Housing Sector's Faltering HealthWe break down the latest batch of housing numbers and what they mean for the market.

Do Monthly Housing Numbers Matter?

10/28/2009|Web Exclusive

Do Monthly Housing Numbers Matter?Doug Heddings of The Heddings Property Group breaks down the drop in new home sales.

LATEST STORIES

Rates On 30-year Fixed-rate Mortgages Below 5%

By Amy Hoak| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets

Lower mortgage rates should help homeowners lower their monthly payments and feed the ongoing recovery in the housing market ," said Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist, in a news release. Copyright © 2009 MarketWatch

Story|11/05/2009

Breaking: Fannie Mae To Rent Back Homes « The Brian Sullivan Blog

The Brian Sullivan Blog

keeping a glut of foreclosed properties from hitting the housing market . The Deed for Lease Program, which Fannie plans ..... saturated housing markets and makes a bet that the housing market will be stronger one year from now. "If you keep

Blog|11/05/2009

A U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance? Not Quite

By Dunstan Prial| FOXBusiness| Markets

Waldman explained. In September 2008, the world economy, already reeling from the collapse of the U.S. housing market , was blind-sided when investment bank Lehman Brothers disappeared into bankruptcy. That caused “the near failure

Story|11/04/2009

Mortgage Applications Up as Rates Drop Below 5%

Reuters| Markets

608.3. The hard-hit U.S. housing market , a primary driver of the worst ..... surrounding the state of the U.S. housing market . "There is a consensus out there ..... to 2,693.7. The U.S. housing market has suffered the worst downturn

Story|11/04/2009

Analyst Sees More Downside In Builder Stocks

By John Spence| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets

Wednesday said he expects home-builder stocks to continue to lag the S&P 500 Index on lingering weakness in the housing market . "Based on our expectations that fourth-quarter housing data points will continue to be weak -- coupled with

Story|11/04/2009

Taylor Wimpey Says Market Conditions Improved

By Sarah Turner| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets

Sarah Turner MarketWatch Pulse LONDON -- Homebuilder Taylor Wimpey said Wednesday that U.K. housing market conditions are significantly better than at the same point a year ago. The firm said that it's fully sold for 2009 and cancellation

Story|11/04/2009

Break ‘Em Up « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

bankruptcy in the morning, nothing stops risk-taking cold than the fear of bankruptcy. A government-distorted housing market continues to get a government bailout, showing Washington has no more sense than a flock of pheasants. Do all TARP-ed, too big to fail banks now

Blog|11/03/2009

Break ‘Em Up « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

bankruptcy in the morning, nothing stops risk-taking cold than the fear of bankruptcy. A government-distorted housing market continues to get a government bailout, showing Washington has no more sense than a flock of pheasants. Do all TARP-ed, too big to fail banks now

Blog|11/03/2009

Break ‘Em Up « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

bankruptcy in the morning, nothing stops risk-taking cold than the fear of bankruptcy. A government-distorted housing market continues to get a government bailout, showing Washington has no more sense than a flock of pheasants. Do all TARP-ed, too big to fail banks now

Blog|11/03/2009

Break ‘Em Up « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

bankruptcy in the morning, nothing stops risk-taking cold than the fear of bankruptcy. A government-distorted housing market continues to get a government bailout, showing Washington has no more sense than a flock of pheasants. Do all TARP-ed, too big to fail banks now

Blog|11/03/2009