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Just a year since the U.S. housing market hit bottom after the biggest plunge in eight decades, signs of excess are re-emerging.
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Mortgage rates in the U.S. fell for a fourth week, with the 15-year average hitting a record low, helping to strengthen the housing recovery.
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The Federal Housing Administration won’t be able to earn its way to financial health this year, increasing the chance it will need a taxpayer bailout, based on an updated forecast from Moody’s Analytics, which provides the agency’s housing-market analysis.
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Housing led the U.S. out of seven of the last eight recessions. This time, it may kill the recovery.
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U.S. mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans rose, increasing long-term borrowing costs after construction of single-family homes climbed to a four-year high.
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Builders began work on fewer U.S. homes than forecast in August, showing the industry remains flat on its back even as mortgage rates fall to record lows.
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Stockton, California, has the highest U.S. foreclosure rate. It also has a housing shortage.
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U.S. mortgage rates rose from record lows, increasing borrowing costs as an improving job market bolsters a recovery in housing.
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As many as 1.25 million of America’s least cared for homes are headed for auction after a year-long probe into foreclosure practices kept them off the market.
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U.S. mortgage rates dropped, with 30-year loans reaching a record low for a sixth straight week, amid signs the housing recovery is slowing.
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