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Five steps out of crisis mode for the Fed

In preparation for exiting its current crisis mode, the central bank is phasing out bond-buying and getting ready to increase interest rates...

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As many first-time homebuyers struggle to get loans, banks are handing out an unprecedented number of mortgages of as much as $10 million to...

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Home price index shows continued increases

Since November of last year, home price increases continue to slow down.

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Aiming for LEED Platinum, the home discharges 60 percent fewer emissions than average buildings.

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Chairwoman Yellen notes that mortgage rates have finally begun to fall, dropping .36 percent since last July.

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Restrictions on spraying and even water fountain use could lead to fines up to $500.

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Meritage Homes Corp., the nation’s ninth-largest homebuilder, recently said it would establish a South Region based in Atlanta, the Atlanta...

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The Washington Post interviews Enrico Moretti, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley, who says that Bay Area activists...

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Cash purchases on the rise, the NAHB finds

The NAHB found that the share of new single-family home sales purchased with cash rose during the second quarter of 2014, reaching 8.4...

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During a housing forum in Washington D.C., organized by Zillow, housing experts warned against ignoring the diversity of the millennial...

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December