Confidence down as housing slump worsens
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Consumer sentiment took its sharpest  plunge in nearly two years during August while home prices  swooned in the second quarter, according to reports that show  the housing crisis taking its toll.
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Mortgage and shopping blues combine to push stocks lower.
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WASHINGTON - New-homes sales tumbled in August to their lowest level in seven years, a stark sign the credit crunch is aggravating an already painful housing slump.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after data showed deterioration in the employment and housing markets, underscoring concern that problems of the subprime mortgage market were spreading to the wider economy.
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Most stocks fell Monday for the first time in four days after confidence in the home building industry dropped to a 16-year low.
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Concern about interest rate hikes, the drop in new home construction, and tighter business inventories contributed to the decline.
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Confidence among US home builders dropped to a 15-year low this month as sales slowed and profits dropped, according to a private survey released Monday.
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Weak durable goods orders last month fueled concern on Thursday over the resilience of the U.S. economy to the country's steep housing slump.
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Construction of single-family homes dropped to the lowest level in more than 16 years as a severe housing slump showed no signs of a turnaround.
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Wall Street shares fell for a third consecutive day as confidence waned during the session after housing starts hit a 14-year low and renewed concerns about the health of the US economy.
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UNITED KINGDOM - The process of property market weakening has been recently observed due to declining mortgage lending for the last two months in a row in the UK.
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Global stock markets saw dizzying declines Tuesday as a drop in US consumer confidence suggested slow growth ahead and Federal Reserve comments hinted at deeper-than-expected housing market woes.
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Investors' confidence in the U.S. economy fell in September for a fourth straight month to its lowest level in 13 months on continued concerns about the housing market and elevated energy costs, a survey showed on Monday.
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A sluggish job market and rising oil prices have dampened the public&#39;s mood this month, pushing consumer confidence to its lowest point since March.
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While the monthly housing start numbers sagged for May, the ongoing slide in builders' sentiment is even more telling.
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The housing market plunged deeper into despair last month, with sales of new homes plummeting to their lowest level in more than 12 years.
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The prolonged slump in housing pushed new home construction in 2007 down by the largest amount in 27 years with the expectation that the downturn has further to go.