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That’s a direct quote from National Association of Home Builders Chief Economist David Crowe.

He further explained, “Builders report that the two leading obstacles to new-home sales right now are consumer reluctance in the face of the poor job market and the large number of foreclosed properties for sale. However, we do expect that moderate improvement in the job market will help boost consumer confidence and improve conditions for new-home sales in this year’s final quarter.”

We’re not seeing much …

RISMEDIA, September 24, 2010—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released the September edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard (www.hud.gov/scorecard), a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. The latest housing figures show continued signs of stabilization in house prices. Although existing and new home sales declined in July, recent data shows housing starts rebounded in August.

“Over the last 17 months, the Obama Administration has taken comprehensive action …

RISMEDIA, September 23, 2010—(MCT)—New housing starts surged 10.5% in August 2010 to the highest level since spring, but the activity was driven by a sharp spike in apartment construction, government data showed. Housing starts rose in August to an annualized rate of 598,000, compared with a revised 0.4% increase in July, the Commerce Department reported. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected housing starts to drop to 535,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis.

While the report seemed to point to an …

RISMEDIA, August 23, 2010—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury has released the August edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard (www.hud.gov/scorecard), a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. In July, housing prices remained level after 30 straight months of decline, while some price predictions have improved. In addition, historic low interest rates continued to promote home affordability and refinancing options for the nation’s families. However, the market …

If this past Tuesday’s Conference on the Future of Housing Finance is any indication, the government and its many advisors are still in the agree-to-disagree mode. The conference was supposed to be a prepper for developing a comprehensive housing finance reform proposal to send to Congress in January 2011.

Here’s a Cliff Notes version of what came from the meeting. Conference attendees included Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, representatives from Bank of America, Wells Fargo, American Enterprise …