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Category: News Clips

Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation, 1-10-2012

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted January 10, 2012

Anticipating a done-deal, government prosecutors are expanding an offer to banks to drop charges in exchange for billions of dollars…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation, 1-3-2012

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted January 6, 2012

As desperate families jostle for position in lines for public housing, Congress slashes federal housing programs by $3.8 billion. The…

Tags: Housing news

Housing News Clips – December 2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted December 27, 2011

Tuesday Report, Dec. 27, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Corruption in the nation’s banking industry…

Tags: Housing news

Housing News Clips – November 2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted December 27, 2011

Tuesday Report, Nov. 1, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service As retribution for sleazy mortgage deals,…

Tags: Housing news

Housing News Clips – October 2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted December 27, 2011

Tuesday Report, Oct. 4, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The federal program to rescue “underwater”…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 9-20-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted September 20, 2011

Mortgage defaults soar as bankers bear down on marginal borrowers. The 33 percent spike comes as Bank of America loses…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 9-13-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted September 13, 2011

Economists present mixed views of the housing industry with some saying it will get worse before it gets better and…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-30-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted September 11, 2011

In order to increase the value of occupied houses, banks are now financing the demolition of some that aren’t. In…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-23-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted September 11, 2011

Depressed home sales nationwide signal that the end of the recession is nowhere near. Record low interest rates at 3.75…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-16-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted August 20, 2011

Stale sales in the housing industry continue to spook builders as potential buyers are increasingly squeezed-out by the general economic…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-2-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted August 2, 2011

As Congress finally acts, analysts are still pouring over the impacts of the debt-ceiling package — but a general belt-tightening…

Tags: Housing news

50,000 protest soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv | CNN

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted July 30, 2011

An estimated 50,000 demonstrators swept through the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to rail against soaring housing prices…

Tags: Housing costs

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 7-26-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted July 26, 2011

As the clock ticks down on dealing with the nation’s debt ceiling, nervous investors speculate on impact the political resolution…

Tags: Housing news

Dallas pregnant woman reportedly trampled, others injured in rush for housing vouchers

Local issues, News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted July 21, 2011

Bo McCarver’s housing news clips posted on this blog this week has a story from the AP headlined, “Early morning…

Tags: Dallas, Public housing authorities, Section 8

HUD: Ex-inmates need help to stay off streets in Houston | Houston Chronicle

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted July 20, 2011

The Houston Chronicle ran a thoughtful story today about the difficult problem facing people coming out of jail trying to…

Tags: housing for ex-prisoner, Housing policy, Houston

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 7-19-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted July 19, 2011

Mortgage companies are finding that sleazy habits are hard to break as robo-signings continue. Federal regulators have seen no change…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 7-12-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted July 13, 2011

Tuesday Report, July 12, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service More corporate sleaze oozed into the…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 7-5-2011

News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted July 7, 2011

Tuesday Report, July 5, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Two big banks are now taking…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-28-2011

News Clips•by •Posted June 28, 2011

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac undergo more scrutiny as it is discovered that almost 100 possible foreclosure fraud cases were…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-21-2011

News Clips•by •Posted June 22, 2011

Tuesday Report, June 21, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service As more doom and gloom stories…

Tags: Housing news

Housing Tidbits and Round-up

News Clips, State issues•by •Posted June 17, 2011

Housing news crossing our desk that didn’t turn into full blog posts this week: TDHCA and TSHAC received $620k through…

Tags: HERA, housing counseling, negative equity, TDHCA, TSAHC

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-14-2011

News Clips•by •Posted June 14, 2011

Tuesday Report, June 14, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Mortgage lenders are whining at new…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-7-2011

News Clips•by •Posted June 7, 2011

Tuesday Report, June 7, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Government efforts to help distressed homeowners…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-31-2011

News Clips•by •Posted May 31, 2011

Tuesday Report, May 31, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Home prices continue to freefall as…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-24-2011

News Clips•by •Posted May 24, 2011

Tuesday Report, May 24, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service In Texas, Galveston disaster recovery continues…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-17-2011

News Clips•by •Posted May 17, 2011

Tuesday Report, May 17, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Groundbreakings for new residential units dropped…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-10-2011

News Clips•by •Posted May 10, 2011

Tuesday Report, May 10, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Fannie Mae, already in the Congressional…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-3-2011

News Clips•by •Posted May 3, 2011

Tuesday Report, May 3, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service A new Harvard study shows that…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 4-26-2011

News Clips•by •Posted April 26, 2011

Tuesday Report, April 26, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Conservatives bent on ending Fannie Mae…

Tags: Housing news

Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 4-18-2011

News Clips•by •Posted April 22, 2011

Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Disclosures continue to shed light on sleazy mortgage deals by US…

Tags: Housing news

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