Affordable homes shortage fears
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Two housing bodies say they have identified a need for tens of thousands of affordable homes in Wales.
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The housing crisis and high oil prices may cause a slump, analysts warn.
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By Jeff Ayres, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Feb. 5--FORT WALTON BEACH   -- Community leaders in an area marked by ofteninadequate housing are hoping an affordable-housing development will help attract people to their neighborhood.
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The current slump in the housing market has done little to make Californian cities affordable.
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WASHINGTON - A near-record low for an index that forecasts near-term home sales suggests borrowers in expensive areas are struggling to finalize purchases amid mortgage market woes.
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A troubled company in the troubled housing sector.
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Construction of new homes fell in May as the nationâs home builders were battered by the crisis in subprime lending and rising mortgage rates.
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Housebuilders were under pressure Wednesday following the publication of another gloomy industry survey.
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The argument against strengthening building requirements is simple: It would cost too much. And poor people couldn&#39;t afford it.
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A lean supply of homes in hot  markets and a growing U.S. economy is expected to keep house  prices in most parts of the country from reversing course,  analysts and real estate agents say.
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A survey of the West Midlands housing market has uncovered further evidence of an impending slowdown, including a two per cent fall in the number of properties changing hands.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 29--Sacramento County's landmark affordable housing law is under attack, and the real threat isn't the court system, but a new majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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As U.S. home purchases slow, an  expected rise in demand for rentals will result in a spike in  inflation, analysts say, citing studies showing housing costs  have been under-reported by the government.
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CONCERNS for the housing market grew today as influential reports from three lending bodies revealed a slump in demand for mortgage borrowing.
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The nation's housing industry is in a free fall from the subprime mortgage crisis. The budget of the Department of Housing and Urban Development could be facing big cuts. And the agency is still struggling to respond to a slew of natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina.
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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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In once-booming areas, now hard hit by housing crisis, stimulus plan could be too little, too late.