Housing Starts Rise | Is it the Economy or the Weather?

New apartment buildings abound
Housing starts took a big jump in February as the national rate rose 22 percent. Most of those were apartment buildings.
Apartment building construction skyrocketed 82 percent, accounting for most of the starts.
Foreclosures not down
News homes are sprouting up even as more homes every day are foreclosed and [...]

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ACORN: Forcing the Lock on Lawlessness, Sanity

The means do not justify the ends
Michelle Malkin writes in her blog about how far ACORN has gone off the deep end. First there’s bullying civil disobedience to prevent homes from being foreclosed. Then came the perfectly normal, perfectly healthy next step. ACORN is practicing breaking and entering on foreclosed [...]

Fannie Mae Lets Foreclosed Tenants Stay-No Payday Loans Needed

People losing their homes to foreclosure won’t need payday loans to stay in their homes through the holidays. According to Sunday’s Wall Street Journal, Fannie Mae announced that it will allow tenants low on extra cash to remain in their residences should the building’s landlord go into foreclosure, and that [...]

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