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Housing starts climb 6.8% in May

Home builders ramped up construction in May, providing an economic boost while they sought to take advantage of an improving housing market defined by low inventory.

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Millennials might not be eager to take on mortgage debt

Builders are eyeing the next wave of potential home buyers - the so-called millennials - but whether this rising generation will embrace big mortgage debt remains an open question.
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Real estate Q&A: 3 things you must do before signing a lease

Q: I am looking to rent my first apartment. How can I protect myself from getting into a bad situation?
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As short-terms rentals boom, regulation an issue

Popular short-term rental websites like Airbnb, FlipKey and HomeAway are making it easier for property owners to rent out their homes to travelers looking for a place to crash. Those three companies now have more than a million listings for everything from spare bedrooms to luxurious oceanfront ...
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Luxury home market heating up

The U.S. luxury home market is being driven to new heights by relatively low prices, low interest rates and a more stable economy than in many countries, experts say.
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Mortgage debt catches up with the Netherlands

The Dutch dream isn't that different from the American one. Nor is the nightmare that many people have woken up to.
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The Mortgage Professor: When banks compete, you win ï¿½ except when you lose

Competition is generally viewed as a good thing, in the U.S. at least. Hence, advertisements that create an image of powerful banks having to compete among themselves for the favor of individual mortgage borrowers creates a generally favorable impression. The problem is that competition generates...
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Housing discrimination still exists, study finds

Hispanics have made strides in their access to housing, but Asian and African-American homebuyers looking to purchase a home still are told about or shown far fewer homes than equally qualified white consumers, a new national study has determined.
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The Mortgage Professor: Some well-off borrowers at a disadvantage

In a recent column, I pointed out that mortgage lenders today can make a loan with only 3 percent down to a borrower with a steady job but a credit score of only 570, and have it insured by the Federal Housing Administration. But lenders can't or won't accommodate a self-employed physician who can...
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Foreclosures are cheap, but pitfalls may await buyers

Back in 2011, Christina and Brian Jenkins decided to take up a sideline as landlords. Since then, they've acquired three rental houses in the St. Louis area. Two of them were foreclosures.
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The woman who paid for Beazer's sins

Even her husband hasn't seen it.