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The Week Ahead: Waiting for Housing Starts to Pick Up

Many analysts have cited new home construction as the key to solving the inventory problem, but both housing starts and permits took a step back in the most recent New Construction Report from HUD and the Census Bureau. Will starts and permits pick up again?

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The Course of the Homeownership Rate in 2017

With a new administration about to begin, much of the talk in the industry centers on how to raise the homeownership rate, which is near a historic low. Opinions vary as to what the homeownership rate will do in 2017, however.

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Carson: HUD in Position to Heal Divisiveness

HUD Secretary-Designate Dr. Ben Carson calmly answered questions for nearly three hours before the Senate Banking Committee in his confirmation hearing on Thursday, saying he intends to "fight for those who are still trying to reach their full potential" with regard to the American Dream.

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Breaking Down Lingering Negative Equity

The number of underwater homeowners nationwide has been steadily declining since 2012 as home prices have appreciated, but not all demographics have been equally affected, according to one analysis.

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House Democrats: Do Not Remove Cordray

CFPB DIrector Richard Cordray's term is up in July 2018, but a group of Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives does not want to see President-elect Donald Trump remove him before then.

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