Americans confident despite falling home prices
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U.S. consumers and investors became more optimistic in May as a rising stock market provided a buffer from the first drop in home values in 16 years, according to reports published on Tuesday.
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By George Chamberlin , Daily Transcript Financial Correspondent. Rising residential real estate values have been a blessing for many households.
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For some prospective home buyers in Southern California, the effect of the U.S. mortgage crisis has been to keep them on the sidelines of the home market, wary of stepping in for fear prices will fall further.
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As lenders tighten their standards more Americans chose to rent, not own. That's good news for landlords.
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Home values across the United States  soared 32 percent during the first half of this decade,  according to new data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Census  Bureau.
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US house prices rose in the third quarter of this year, according to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, even though some areas of the country saw prices decline and the overall rate of increase slowed significantly.
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American consumers grew more confident in December despite underlying concerns about the health of the economy, the Conference Board reported.
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Average U.S. home prices rose 0.5  percent in the first quarter from the prior quarter and 4.3  percent from a year earlier, but price appreciation was the  slowest in a decade, the U.S. Office of Federal Housing  Enterprise Oversight reported Thursday.
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Pending home sales fall, but also prove opportunity for long-term investors.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed confidence on Wednesday in the health of the U.S. economy despite a housing slowdown and said the outlook for inflation was generally benign, but not without risks.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke expressed confidence on Wednesday in the health of the  U.S. economy despite a housing slowdown, but warned of risks to  the current generally benign outlook for inflation.
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U.S. home sales will be a good deal   weaker this year than earlier forecast and prices are likely to   fall below year-ago levels temporarily as buyers stay on the   sidelines, a realtors group said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- Sales of previously owned homes inched up in November but that didn't change the overall bleak picture for an ailing housing industry that has been suffering through a painful slump.
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Even when experts were declaring the economy healthy, many Americans voiced a vague, but persistent dissatisfaction. True, jobs were relatively plentiful over the last few years. It was easy to borrow and very cheap. The sharp rise in the value of homes and plentiful credit cards encouraged a nation of consumers to get out and buy. But to many people, something didn't feel right, even if they couldn't quite explain why.
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NEW YORK Aug. 27, 2004 - Consumers became a bit more optimistic toward the end of the August but still felt more cautious on the US economy than they did a month ago, according to survey by the University of Michigan.
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The dollar so far has brushed off  signs the U.S. property market could be overheating as house  prices keep rising quickly and consumer demand stays robust.
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Average U.S. home prices rose 0.5 percent in the first quarter from the prior quarter and 4.3 percent from a year earlier, but price appreciation was the slowest in a decade, the U.S. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight reported Thursday.