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Brokers defend database rules in Columbia-area home listings (The State)
A group of Columbia-area real estate brokers who control a vital database of homes for sale operate by unusual rules that can hurt consumers, federal regulators and some real estate agents said. The costly rules restrict membership of some smaller agencies that could save home sellers around $3,000 in commissions on the sale of an average-price Midlands home, critics said. The U.S. Department of ...

Home builders grow more pessimistic in May (USA Today)
Home builder sentiment fell for the first time in four months in May, edging closer to the record low set in December, as market conditions continued to worsen, an industry group said Thursday.

Senators reach deal on housing rescue: sources (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Leaders of the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday reached a deal on a broad housing rescue plan in which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would support a federal mortgage insurance fund, two industry sources said.

Ahead of the Bell: Housing Starts (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A government report on new-home construction and building permit applications for April is forecast to show further declines as the housing sector continues to sag.

CNY home builders support 1,700 jobs (The Post-Standard)
As a group, Central New York home builders employ more people that most of the area's major manufacturers more than Welch Allyn, L & J.G. Stickley or Anheuser-Busch.

US housing starts jump 8.2% in April (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US housing starts showed a surprisingly strong jump in April, signaling a glimmer of hope in the troubled housing market, government data showed Friday.

April report shows 811 homes for sale in Cowlitz County (The Daily News)
The number of Cowlitz County homes for sale in April reached its highest level in recent memory, but home sales have started rebounding after a slow start this year, according to a Northwest Multiple Listing Service report released Monday.

April housing starts, permits up more than forecast (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Construction starts on new U.S. homes rose by a surprisingly strong 8.2 percent in April and applications for new building permits turned up for the first time in five months, the Commerce Department said on Friday in a report showing that the hard-hit housing sector still had some spring vigor.

Economy - Tuesday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
The median sales price in metro areas fell 7.7% vs. a year earlier to $196,300, the worst since records began in 1979, the Nat'l Assoc. of Realtors said. Soaring foreclosures have reduced the value of nearby properties, said NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun. Prices fell in 100 of 149 U.S. cities, led by Calif.'s Sacramento, San Bernardino and Riverside. Also, homes for sale rose by 40,000 in ...

Home Builders Association endorses Lenthall, Ovitt and Arnold (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
Supervisor candidates Jerry Lenthall, Harry Ovitt, and Debbie Arnold have won the endorsement of the Home Builders Association of the Central Coast in the June 3 election. Incumbents Ovitt and Lenthall and challenger Arnold “recognize that meeting the housing challenges of today and tomorrow requires balancing competing interests and making sure that we really plan for and meet the current and ...

Web site adds Orlando home info (Orlando Business Journal)
Roost.com on Tuesday announced it has added information on homes for sale in the Orlando and Tampa markets.