Tag: Housing news

This story is repeated so often its headline is no longer news: more US homeowners find themselves “underwater” as the…

Across the nation, struggling homeowners who are behind in paying taxes on their homes are now faced with huge fees…

Years after Hurricanes Rita and Ike, FEMA has been ordered by a federal judge to publish rules for homeowners to…

Like trying to push a rope, the Obama Administration is having little luck getting banks to address troubled mortgages. The…

The word-on-the-street is that “things are going to get worse before they get better:” a massive wave of foreclosures looms…

A surge of mortgage defaults is forecasted as the housing industry slowly sinks further into the general recession. The Texas…

While market analysts search vainly for glimmers of hope in the housing industry, foreclosure rates continue to soar. Efforts to…

Housing stories were scarce this week as national economic and international events dominated the news. The business indicators remained gloom,…

Ever-optimistic realtors claim steady sales transactions at foreclosure auctions bode good news for the housing industry but realists point out…

John Henneberger note: I have fallen a bit behind in posting Bo’s excellent housing news summaries during the last weeks…

Frozen by the recession, the nation’s exurbs are folding. Thousands of unfinished tract developments mark both the boundaries of sprawl…

Stories of mortgage scams and foreclosures largely receded to the second pages of newspapers this week as editors and writers…

As the recession evolves to a depression, those in the top income bracket cling to their accumulations and wait for…

Six months after Hurricane Ike, Galveston’s poor are still shuffling about looking for housing. FEMA has finally opened a trailer…

The recession slowly seeps into Texas as mortgage defaults climb within a sagging economy that is increasingly characterized by layoffs…

The nationalization of mortgage banks draws debate this week with conservatives arguing that “flexibility” will be jeopardized. Meanwhile, the inflated…

The first infusion of federal money to bailout banks had insignificant impact on housing foreclosures as bankers channeled the money…

As foreclosures convert homeowners to renters, construction of additional multi-family units to accommodate the surge languishes: the recession renders little…

All eyes were on the political struggle surrounding the Democratic stimulus program this week as more dismal news of foreclosures…

With the first round of bailout billions having rendered no progress in stemming foreclosures, the Obama Administration ponders where to…

A year ago, the business pages of Texas’ daily newspapers uniformly ran stories saying the national downturn in housing was…

The rental housing market begins to feel the recession as vacancy rates increase and rents drop. Analysts cite unemployment as…

Unquestioned, over-sold and under-regulated, the American Dream has collapsed and brought down a whole house of cards. Efforts to resurrect…

The eminent administration change refocuses policies to relief of low and middle income households rather than the financial industry. This…

The axe continues to drop on home buyers who bought more than they could afford. Federal and private bank efforts…

Eight years of mismanagement and corruption have left the nation’s top agencies gutted: the bright and ethical left early as…

Among the many daunting tasks for the Obama Administration is the revamping of HUD that has languished under poor leadership…