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“It’s high time to amend the Fair Housing Act to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity as well as source of income.” NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE -

The housing recovery is here to stay, according to a survey of some 330,000 ActiveRain members who say 2013 will prove them right. The surveyed real estate agents said: •

Housing affordability is up! Interest rates are at record lows! It's cheaper to buy then rent! Home prices are rising! The housing recovery is on! Buy now! Conditions are

CAPITAL ECONOMICS - The increase in the number of existing home sales in February is more evidence that the housing recovery is continuing unabated. But the real news in

You'll be asking to suffer through building defects if you plan to buy a new home from the current supply on the assembly line and don't also make

When legislators walked out without settling sequestration, they also walked out on hundreds of thousands of needy households and housing industry related jobs. Washington's failure to act likely won't

"The possibility of one million starts in 2013 should not be dismissed as all 50 states will see increases in single family housing this year." PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION -

There's growing caution in the optimism about the real estate recovery and rising home prices. A second report reveals home prices aren't what they appear to be. Global ratings

Today's home price increases often don't reflect true increases in home values. In fact, today's home price increases may be well off real home value increases in some metropolitan

Buying a home is typically the most expensive, emotionally trying and potentially rewarding purchase many will ever completed. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) 'Profile of Home Buyers and

Black Friday deals also include home sales. A recent Realtor.com survey of 344 real estate agents found buyers and sellers can expect more than just business-as-usual on Black Friday. Black

DEADLINENEWSROOM - It's a no brainer. We've said so all along and, apparently, our readers agree: Millions of jobs and real, staunch economic growth - not easy-money from lenders,

Quality construction, neighborhood safety and floor plans they can live with are the three most important features buyers want in a newly built home, according to Builder Homesite’s

In a rare second-term election for a president facing economic turmoil, President Barack Obama got a boost from recovery in the housing market, a cornerstone of the economy. "Housing

With the election just weeks away and renewed focus on the national economy, the national housing market is one of the economy's few bright spots. Silicon Valley is one

REALTYTRAC.COM - "Election 2012 Housing Health Check" found that 65 percent of local housing markets nationwide are worse off than four years ago based on an analysis of

Residential real estate revealed improvements nationwide from the late August to late September period, according to the Federal Reserve's latest "Beige Book." The Fed's book is a market-conditions rendering

See all National Mortgage Settlement stories here. Millions of homeowners who lost their homes to an abusive foreclosure process during the housing crisis will soon learn if they are

Economists in the third quarter said they expect home prices to rise by 2.3 percent this year, well up from expectations in the second quarter that had prices