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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
February 21, 2013
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes increased in January, showing more momentum for the industry coming off its best year since 2007.
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By Jeff Wilson |
February 20, 2013
From South Dakota to Ohio, farmers are preparing to plant the most corn in almost eight decades after drought ruined record U.S. harvests.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
February 20, 2013
Builders broke ground in January on the most U.S. single-family homes in more than four years and permits for future construction rose, an indication the industry’s momentum carried over into 2013.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
February 19, 2013
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders unexpectedly dropped in February from a more than six-year high, a sign the real-estate market will take time to accelerate.
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By Debarati Roy and Phoebe Sedgman, Bloomberg |
February 15, 2013
Billionaire investors George Soros and Louis Moore Bacon cut their stakes in exchange-traded products backed by gold last quarter as futures dropped the most in more than eight years. John Paulson maintained his holding.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
February 12, 2013
Treasuries declined before the government sells $32 billion of three-year notes, the first of three auctions of coupon-bearing debt this week totaling $72 billion.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
January 29, 2013
Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose in November from a year earlier by the most in more than six years, indicating the U.S. housing rebound is gaining ground.
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By Kathleen M. Howley, Bloomberg |
January 28, 2013
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will let some borrowers who kept up payments as their homes lost value erase their debts by giving up the properties, helping Americans escape underwater loans.
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By Carter Dougherty |
January 27, 2013
A federal court ruling limiting presidential appointment power could jeopardize much of the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
January 22, 2013
Sales of U.S. existing homes unexpectedly dropped in December, restrained by the lowest supply of properties in more than a decade.
