Investor Optimism Declines As Rising Oil Prices and Federal Budget Deficit Top Fears, According to Wells Fargo/Gallup …

Investor Optimism Declines As Rising Oil Prices and Federal Budget Deficit Top Fears, According to Wells Fargo/Gallup …
Overall investor optimism declined between February and May, as rising energy prices, budget deficits and persistent unemployment dampened sentiment, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index.
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National Home Prices Hit New Low in 2011 Q1 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

National Home Prices Hit New Low in 2011 Q1 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices
Data through March 2011, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that the U.S. National Home Price Index declined by 4.2% in the first quarter of 2011, [...]

Falling prices, low-rate mortgages put record number of homes in South Florida within the grasp of average people

Falling prices, low-rate mortgages put record number of homes in South Florida within the grasp of average people
Falling prices, low-rate mortgages put record number of homes in South Florida within the grasp of average people
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Home Prices Going Higher This Spring?

Home Prices Going Higher This Spring?
Home prices look up this spring, but the longer-term indicators are more murky.
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Obama Tested by Gas Prices, World Events

Obama Tested by Gas Prices, World Events
Gas prices rising, increased pressure to tap into country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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House prices: what the market says

House prices: what the market says
UK house prices fell at the fastest rate in more than a year in February, but was tempered by a surge in demand from potential buyers. Here is what housing companies and analysts say about the sector.
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Home Prices Almost At 2009 Trough As Double Dip Materializes According To Case-Shiller Index

Home Prices Almost At 2009 Trough As Double Dip Materializes According To Case-Shiller Index
Housing prices continue to tumble, making their way to their 2009 trough and reinforcing the idea that a double-dip in home prices is inevitable, according to the most recent data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The National Index is within a [...]

Chicago home prices fall to new post-bust low

Chicago home prices fall to new post-bust low
By Mary Ellen Podmolik Posted today at 10:10 a.m. Home prices in the Chicago area in December hit a new low since the housing market’s peak in 2006, falling 30 percent to levels not seen since March 2002, according to a widely-watched housing index released Tuesday morning.
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Government policies blamed for house prices

Government policies blamed for house prices
Immigration and tax breaks for investment in residential property are being cited as the underlying causes of steep increases in the cost of housing over the past decade.
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Real Estate: Falling home prices attract young, local buyers

Real Estate: Falling home prices attract young, local buyers
Rheanda Hamlin and her husband, Jeremy, are part of a growing segment of homebuyers.
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