Topic: Michelle Meyer
Housing-related exchange traded funds have been stuck in neutral in 2011 as buyers stay on the sidelines, even with median home prices hitting...
U.S. mortgage applications for home purchasing and refinancing rose last week as consumers sought to take advantage of near-record low interest...
"Nearly one in four US borrowers owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth, A WORRISOME SIGN (as if there aren't enough already) that THE HOUSING RECOVERY COULD BE SLOWED BY A WAVE OF DEFAULTS, the Wall Street Journal ...
<div><p>New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits fell back last week after a fortnight of increases, the Labor Department said Thursday.</p><p>Initial jobless claims totaled a seasonally adjusted 456,000, the agency reported.</p><p>That was five ...
The housing market was back in focus for investors Friday. The Commerce Department reported the annual rate of housing starts climbed in March to 626,000, up 1.6% from the annual rate in February. The March increase in housing starts is ...
Stocks in Asia closed lower today, European shares are up, and U.S. futures are pointing a slightly lower open.. The Commerce Department reported housing starts for March today, which rose to 626,000, up 1.6% from February. The increase in ...
Home sales plunge nearly 17 percent in December after tax credit deadline extendedSales of previously occupied homes took the largest monthly drop in more than 40 years last month, sinking more dramatically than expected after lawmakers gave buyers additional time to use ...
Jitters about the housing sector slump and higher gas prices aren't apparently enough to keep American consumers from hitting the stores.. The Commerce Department said on Monday that retail sales climbed 0.3% in July after having fallen by 0.7 ...
US retail spending leapt 1.3 percent in November, according to official data Friday that showed a brighter outlook for the troubled American consumer going into the critical holiday shopping period.The Commerce Department report on retail sales, seen as a key ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. housing prices will fall by a double-digit percentage from already beaten-down levels, resulting in an overall 40 percent plunge by the time foreclosures peak in the second half of 2010, Barclays Capital economist Michelle Meyer said.Meyer ...
