Americans still confident in home values: survey
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Although existing homes are selling at their slowest pace in four years, most Americans are confident their homes are worth more now than they were a year ago, according to a survey released on Thursday.
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Down 3.3 percent in the past year, median US home values are still 7.6 percent above 2004 levels.
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U.S. employers remain confident about  hiring for the fourth quarter, as weak housing and trouble in  the credit markets are, for now, having limited impact on job  plans, according to a Manpower Inc  survey released on  Tuesday.
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American consumers and investors became more optimistic in May, while U.S. home prices declined in the first quarter for the first time in 16 years, according to reports published on Tuesday.
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Wealthy Americans are divided on the outlook for the U.S. economy next year, but they're more optimistic than pessimistic about prospects for the stock market, according to a survey released Monday.
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Consumer sentiment was steady in early September from August as shifts in outlooks among different income and age groups and regions offset each other, a survey showed on Friday.
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U.S. investors remain confident in the health of the economy and most expect the U.S. stock market to hold near its recent record levels or extend them modestly, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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LONDON  - A global survey of consumer confidence released Wednesday suggests European consumers are generally pessimistic about the economic outlook for the next 12 months, people in the Asia-Pacific are optimistic and Americans lie somewhere in between.
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US consumers are still worried about their jobs and income, the University of Michigan's index of consumer confidence indicates.
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One in three Americans expects a U.S. recession in the next year, and less than a quarter think home prices will rise, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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A surprisingly large number of Americans took advantage of low mortgage rates to buy new homes in September, signaling continued strength in the real estate market.
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Will investors and consumers stay satisfied?
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"House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes" (Currency, 272 pages, $24.95), by Daniel McGinn: Despite the nation's housing slump, Americans love homes.
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Market turbulence and problems in the housing market hit consumer confidence in the US in August, a survey says.
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Business & money: Average time it takes to sell a home continues to rise, according to a new Hometrack survey
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Average U.S. home prices rose 7.73 percent over the 12 months to September 30, but the quarter-to-quarter gain was the lowest since 1998 and indicates a sharp deceleration in house price gains, the U.S. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight reported Thursday.
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Many strategists predict domestic stocks are still a better buy, on average, than domestic real estate or bonds.