housing

Almost a week removed from the super storm Sandy power is steadily being restored across the state and residents of the hardest hit areas are slowly returning to observe the damage, but with time ticking the concern is the future for the victims of the storm.

New Jersey's HomeKeeper program, designed to help the unemployed and under-employed facing foreclosure in the Garden State, has had significant problems over the past year, but Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable says things have been straightened out.

Lawmakers have held a special hearing to find out why the New Jersey HomeKeeper Program has been slow to provide financial assistance to unemployed and under-employed Garden state residents facing foreclosure.

Last week, we were telling you how the pace of construction of single-family homes is picking up in many parts of the country, but Jersey continues to lag behind.

New Commerce Department data shows the pace of construction of single family homes and apartments in September was the fastest since the summer of 2008.

Stronger housing markets helped boost economic growth at the end of the summer in nearly every region of the United States, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve structured its latest stimulus program around the purchase of mortgage bonds after members agreed that helping a nascent housing recovery was a good way to lift the broader economy.

The financial services giant FISERV is out with a new report that predicts home prices will rise 3.7 percent over the next several years.

U.S. Senators Robert Menendez  (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenber (D-NJ) today announced that homeless veterans in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties will be provided with temporary housing.

U.S. stocks are closing higher after a pair of encouraging reports about the housing market.