I would argue that food, housing and transportation are all as important to the public, yet there is no call for the government to take over the farms and ranches, the building of universally affordable housing, or free housing at tax payer expense ...

By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be allowed to expand their roles in the turbulent mortgage market even as worsening conditions in the housing sector punish the two companies ... The Office of Federal Housing ...

Phaedrus nailed it!  From the Salt Lake Trib's endorsement:  out of nowhere, and without proper vetting, the impetuous McCain picked Alaska Gov Sarah Palin as his running mate She quickly proved grievously ...

Until recently, the positive forces of job and wage growth have helped to offset the negative forces hitting people from the housing and credit crises ... "The debate should no longer be about whether there is or is not a recession, only about how ...

" Thredgold said the more troubling aspect of Utah's housing landscape is that the state's higher-end housing market is out of balance, "with simply too many houses priced at $500,000 and above ... The Dow Jones industrials fell 101 points on ...

By Dave Pidgeon PHILADELPHIA - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Monday unveiled Monday a package of proposals aimed at easing the country's housing crisis and boosting consumer confidence. "Our housing crisis at heart is an ...

Hall McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- A federal housing regulator on Wednesday made it easier for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to absorb problem loans that are dragging down many U ... The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise ...

" Blomquist said states like Florida, California, and Nevada had increasing home prices that got "out of reach" for the average homebuyer, which has resulted in the current housing crisis ... " Though the market is in the midst of correction, ...

By Michael Powell Senator Barack Obama called Thursday for tighter regulation of mortgage lenders, banks and other financial institutions, even as he spoke of pumping $30 billion into the economy to shield homeowners and local governments from the ...

One of the agencies that offer such is the Federal Housing Administration, which is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development The FHA offers a financing program for mortgages that has significantly lower interest rates While the FHA will ...

Prediction: The Social Security shortfall will be a non-issue Prediction: The Social Security shortfall will be a non-issue Prediction: The Social Security shortfall will be a non-issue Prediction: The Social Security shortfall will be a non-issue ... ...

7--While hundreds of thousands of homeowners could be saved from foreclosure by a plan to freeze interest rates on subprime mortgages, at-risk homeowners in the East Bay may find less help than those in less expensive housing markets ... , a ...

By Stephen Foley Former executives from Countrywide Financial, the US sub-prime mortgage lender, have set up a new venture aiming to profit from the bursting of the housing bubble that their old firm is blamed for helping to create. A team ...

home foreclosures actually declined 10% in November despite signs that the housing slowdown is worsening in much of the nation ... But "the true test of whether this ceiling will hold will come at the beginning of next year when we anticipate that a ...

Output also fell at factories making wood products and furniture, sectors which have been hit hard by the prolonged slump in housing ... 6 in mid-February - the lowest in 16 years as consumers struggled with a host of problems ranging from the severe ...