Struggle to afford first home stiffens
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Business & money: First-time buyers on low earnings now need to save almost all their joint annual pay to cover buying costs, says Rics.
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Here's an uncomfortable housing scenario that's getting more common in this soft market: You put in a contract on a new house. You can't sell your old house. The sellers are getting pushy.
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The housing slowdown has caused  Americans to miss more payments on home loans, though more  appear to be paying their credit card bills on time.
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Even with the downturn in the real estate market, houses in the Boston area will continue to be unaffordable for many working families and first-time homebuyers, according to a new report from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
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Home foreclosures have set a record in the face of a Fed request to avoid taking homes.
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The American Dream of home ownership may not be quite as dreamy as it once was. Sky-high prices, risky mortgages, and job instability have made home buying a bigger investment than it used to be. For some folks, it's an investment not worth making.
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Concerns about a spending slowdown continue to make IT investors nervous.
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Distinctions between local economies are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it more difficult for many would-be home-buyers to obtain financing.
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The boss of the US's biggest housebuilder warns that his firm will struggle amid a wider housing market slowdown.
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Distinctions between local economies are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it more difficult for many would-be homebuyers to obtain financing.
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For aspiring homeowners who&#39;ve been struggling to catch up with runaway prices in San Diego County, there&#39;s another bitter pill to swallow.
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Even borrowers with strong credit are feeling the pinch as home values fall and monthly payments rise.
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The building-materials specialist bears the brunt of the downturn.
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Soaring U.S. home values in the first five years of this decade have left homeowners feeling flush, but housings costs also have risen sharply, cutting into stagnant incomes, Census Bureau data show.
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With prices falling, home sellers might have to accept lower prices than they had hoped for, while buyers might find it tougher to qualify for a mortgage.
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Business & money: Figures show sharpest fall for almost two years as trouble in the US housing market starts to spread and weigh down on consumer spending.
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Comment is free: John Kelly: The prospect of living in Britain is financially daunting. My plan is to put the family in diapers.