Sentences with phrase «fragile housing recovery»

NAR has and will continue to advocate comprehensive housing finance policies that will ensure qualified borrows can obtain safe and sound mortgage finance products rather than piecemeal approaches that would introduce uncertainty into the housing finance market and slow the fragile housing recovery.

As if the eventual fates of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, now in their fourth year of conservatorship, were not enough cause for concern, pending rulings on mortgage origination requirements as mandated by the Dodd - Frank Act, and the Federal Reserve's recently proposed Basel III capital standards program, have the potential to deliver a crushing blow to both REALTORS ® and consumers in today's still - fragile housing recovery.

However, both new and existing home sales declined larger - than - expected in December, suggesting a rather fragile housing recovery.

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In the U.S., there has been a steady recovery in suburban housing prices over the past year, and some fragile confidence that it might continue.

But the mayor then warned that economic recovery remains fragile and that many still lack the jobs to acquire affordable housing.

Yun maintains that now would be worst possible time to modify the tax laws, which would further hinder the housing sector's fragile recovery.

With the housing market expected to be in a fragile state for some time, and with low interest rates a key component of recovery for housing, what would happen to the housing market if interest rates visit 7 % or 8 % — or even approach 9 %, as they did in the beginning of this decade?

With the housing recovery in the Inland region still viewed as fragile, any slow - down in sales has a trickle - down effect on the economy.

While the pain from an imploding subprime auto loan market would be much less than what ensued from the housing crisis, the economy is still on relatively fragile footing, and losses could ultimately stall the broader recovery for millions of Americans.

«A comprehensive and effective mortgage reform strategy is critical to help keep a level of certainty in the marketplace and not further disrupting the still fragile housing market recovery.»

NAR is concerned that without a comprehensive plan for reforming the secondary mortgage market, proposed legislation to quickly constrain Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before an adequate replacement secondary mortgage market mechanism is established will further disrupt the still fragile housing market recovery.

«How and when these fiscal policy issues are addressed could impact consumer attitudes in October and beyond, and influence the fragile economic and housing recovery,» Duncan says.

A housing recovery is key to America's economic strength, and NAR wants to make sure that any proposed legislation and regulatory rules or changes to current programs and incentives help address industry issues and don't further exacerbate problems within the fragile real estate industry.

With the housing market struggling to regain its footing, such a short - sighted move would be extremely counterproductive and threaten the fragile economic recovery.

«The shifting of some markets off the IMI in June underscores the fragile nature of the housing recovery as well as the fact that many locations that previously made the list had recorded only marginal house price gains, which were easily wiped out by small downward changes,» notes NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe.

Data continues to show signs that the housing market is strengthening, although the recovery remains fragile.

The National Association of Realtors ® supports a comprehensive reform strategy for the secondary mortgage market to help maintain a level of certainty in the marketplace and not further disrupt the still fragile housing market recovery.

Given the fragile nature of the housing and economic recovery, these are significant red flags.»

New analysis of government data by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals a connection between rising student loan debt and the onset of the housing slump, and offers yet another example of how lower home values have hurt millions of middle class households and threatens the fragile economic recovery.

Data continue to show signs that the housing market is strengthening, with home prices continuing to rise and new and existing home sales remaining strong, although officials caution that there is regional variation and the overall economic recovery remains fragile.

«Housing is so important to the American economy, and they provide so much of the financing behind that, that it is hard to imagine that Congress will take too traumatic a step too rapidly, less they undermine what fragile recovery might be taking place in housing,» says StHousing is so important to the American economy, and they provide so much of the financing behind that, that it is hard to imagine that Congress will take too traumatic a step too rapidly, less they undermine what fragile recovery might be taking place in housing,» says Sthousing,» says Stoffers.

Rising rates, spurred on by a strengthening economy and federal monetary policy, come as the fragile housing market in Connecticut is starting to show the first signs of recovery.