Gov’t official warns on home down payment hikes (AP)

AP – The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could threaten the housing market.

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Housing: Time to Pull the Plug on Government Support (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek – America’s housing market implosion was the epicenter of the Great Recession. It’s hardly surprising that the federal government directed enormous resources at the market. Besides bailing out vulnerable banks, the federal government nationalized mortgage behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, opened the lending spigot at the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), passed a first-time home buyers’ tax credit, and established a mortgage modification program for troubled homeowners. The Federal Reserve embarked on a $1. …

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New home sales hit record low, prices tumble (Reuters)

Homes under construction are seen in Walnut, California, February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters – Sales of new homes unexpectedly fell to a record low in January while demand for loans to buy homes hit a 13-year low last week, fanning fears of renewed weakness in the housing market.

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Housing starts post sharp rebound (Reuters)

A worker constructs a house by developer KB Home in Gilbert, Arizona, October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters – Housing starts rose to a six-month high in January and industrial output increased solidly, pointing to an economic recovery that was taking a firm hold and respectable first-quarter growth.

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Housing starts hit 6-month high, output rises (Reuters)

A worker is seen on an assembly line at a manufacturing plant in Golden Valley, Minnesota, January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Eric MillerReuters – U.S. housing starts rose to a six-month high in January and industrial output increased solidly, pointing to an economic recovery that was taking a firm hold and respectable first-quarter growth.

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Housing starts hit 6-month high, output rises (Reuters)

A worker is seen on an assembly line at a manufacturing plant in Golden Valley, Minnesota, January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Eric MillerReuters – U.S. housing starts rose to a six-month high in January and industrial output increased solidly, pointing to an economic recovery that was taking a firm hold and respectable first-quarter growth.

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Housing starts hit 6-month high, output rises (Reuters)

A worker is seen on an assembly line at a manufacturing plant in Golden Valley, Minnesota, January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Eric MillerReuters – U.S. housing starts rose to a six-month high in January and industrial output increased solidly, pointing to an economic recovery that was taking a firm hold and respectable first-quarter growth.

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Housing starts hit 6-month high, output rises (Reuters)

A worker is seen on an assembly line at a manufacturing plant in Golden Valley, Minnesota, January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Eric MillerReuters – U.S. housing starts rose to a six-month high in January and industrial output increased solidly, pointing to an economic recovery that was taking a firm hold and respectable first-quarter growth.

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Housing starts, industrial output fuel US recovery (AFP)

Homes under construction in Miami, Florida. New US housing projects rose in January, the government said, indicating the embattled sector's fragile recovery from a brutal recession.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP – US housing construction and industrial production posted better-than-expected increases at the start of the year, the government said Wednesday, fueling economic recovery from recession.

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Housing starts, industrial output fuel US recovery (AFP)

Homes under construction in Miami, Florida. New US housing projects rose in January, the government said, indicating the embattled sector's fragile recovery from a brutal recession.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP – US housing construction and industrial production posted better-than-expected increases at the start of the year, the government said Wednesday, fueling economic recovery from recession.

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