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"Accidental landlords" emerge as people decide to rent their homes instead of doing a short sale or a foreclosure. CNBC's Diana Olick, offers insight.
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Famous consumer advocate Ralph Nader has renewed his efforts on behalf of common shareholders of bailed-out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, reports TheStreet.com.
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"Accidental landlords" emerge as people decide to rent their homes instead of doing a short sale or a foreclosure. CNBC's Diana Olick, offers insight.
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While there are no real estimates of how many "accidental landlords" now inhabit the housing market, Realtors say they are one more cause of today's low inventory.
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Is now the time to refinance and lock in your mortgage while rates are still low? David Stevens, Mortgage Bankers Association president, offers guidance. With CNBC's Diana Olick.
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Checking up on the status of the downtown Boston real estate market, with P.T. Vineburgh, Charlesgate Realty Group. The power house listing of the week is priced at $2.85 million brownstone with 1,906 square feet and about $30,000 in taxes.
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Lennar's CEO Stuart Miller says there is still more room to grow in home prices, despite the record of 2.3 percent gain in April, reports CNBC's Diana Olick.
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Supplies are at levels not seen since the frenzy of the last housing boom while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering.
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Analysis of new home sales data, with Scott Nations, NationsShares, and CNBC's Diana Olick.
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Sales of new homes rose to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering.
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Housing is good but not great and unlikely to be a leading force in a robust recovery, according to a group that is one of the industry's leading voices.
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Home sales were essentially flat in April; the big news came in inventory, reports CNBC's Diana Olick.
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Tanya Marchiol, Team Investments, weighs in on the housing market.
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Rep. Loretta Sanchez is concerned tight mortgage lending requirements are making it difficult for the middle-class to become homeowners and forcing them to become renters. "Lending requirements are still too tight," Bernanke agrees.
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The sales pace is back to what it was in 2005 and 2006, but the circumstances are of course very different. Now it's about stiff competition for limited supply.
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Bruce Kasman, JPMorgan Chase; and Stephen Bodurtha, Citi Private Bank, provide an in-depth look at where affluent investors are finding returns amid economic uncertainty.
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Applications for home mortgages dropped last week for a second-straight week as a spike in interest rates stymied demand for refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association says.
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Home Depot's earnings said a lot about America, Jim Cramer said. It also gave him a treasure trove of investment ideas.
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Lowe's reported quarterly earnings that missed analysts' expectations on Wednesday, sending shares lower in pre-market trading.
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Fannie Mae common shares have soared, but there may not be a happy ending for investors.
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CNBC has been ranking all 50 states for competitiveness since 2007. This year's report comes as states continue to get back in fighting shape—fighting for jobs, that is.
