5-22-2013 Single-Family Rental Companies Race to File IPOs

                   Waypoint Homes Realty Trust Inc. becomes the latest single-family rental

                   company to announce plans to rise up to $100 million in an IPO. The race is

                   on to raise money on public capital markets for the ltest big thing in real

                   estate: renting out single-family homes, The Wall Street Journal reports.

5-21-2013 New-Home Construction Falls After Reaching 5yr high

                  Construction on new homes posted a 16.5 percent drop in April after reaching 

                   a mearly five-year high the previous month, the commerce Department

                   reports

5-20-2013 More poor people now live in burgs than cities

                   The number of people living in pverty in U.S. suburbs surpassed the number

                   of poor in cities over the past decade, driven by strong growth in overall

                   suburban populations, according to an analysis released on Monday.

5-17-2013 Renters Face a Housing Squeeze

                   The housiing market may be recovering, but for many renters, things aren't

                    looking up. Owning a home has become more affordable, renting less so.

                    From 2008 to 2011, renters' housing costs increased almost 6 percent. While

                    their imcome fell 3.2 percent, according to a recent report.

5-16-2013 Short Sale Approval and Valuation Issues Cont.

                   Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have implemented policies to expedite

                   the short sales process, including new resources to help determine property

                   values, according to panelists at a property valuation forum during the

                   Realtor Expo.

5-14-2013 Trulia: Why There's No Home-Price Bubble

                   The sharp upturn in the housing market over the past year has more  

                   economists and housiing pundits worried about a housing bubble.