Housing

• Vivian Lopez and her son Dominick, residents of 303 Vernon Ave in Brooklyn, are pleased that their building is one of first on the list to get security cameras.
(New York Daily News)
• After five years, we can finally say that yes, Virginia, the housing recovery is here. I dont expect you to believe that, of course.
(Richmond Times-Dispatch)
• (Reuters) - The worst U.S. housing crisis since the Great Depression has been declared over. But is it? What some of Wall Streets forecasts for a recovery may be underestimating are tectonic shifts in the U.S.
(msnbc.com)
• As of July 12th, Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB) reported that 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgages (FRM) hit new lows. Mortgages originated during the time frame of the report are showing rates of 3.56%, down from 3.62% in the prior week.
(Seekingalpha.com)
• Six years after the housing crisis hit Colorado, Claire and Alan Pegg are at risk of losing their home in the Denver suburb of Brighton.
(Bloomberg)
• LAKE WALES - Housing Authority board members will look over that organizations accounts on Monday, at the request of one of its members. At the request of Booker Young, the Lake Wales Housing Authority will meet at 6 p.m.
(The Ledger)
• HUNTSVILLE, Alabama _ There are good laws and then there are well-intentioned laws with unintended consequences. The law requiring the Huntsville Housing Authority to disclose its real estate purchase plans ahead of time is an example of the latter.
(Everything Alabama Blog)
• Ive been keeping an eye on real estate on a daily basis for the last couple of years, because this is likely a once in a lifetime opportunity for me to see interest rates and housing prices both fall so far for so long.
(Seekingalpha.com)
• Placing people in those coveted, and quite limited, permanent supportive housing units across America is a bit like desperately trying to win that golden ticket in the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
(Huffington Post)
• From Jacob Riis' photographs of slum tenements in the 19th century to websites like Curbed, there's ample evidence that New Yorkers are fascinated by the living conditions of other New Yorkers.
(WNET New York)