Rising unemployment pushes out any near-term recovery in housing activity or pricing.

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As affordable housing projects are based on credit pricing, many deals will no longer work.

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There's no sighting yet for housing's bottom in either sales activity or pricing.

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For investors, the housing recovery is a story the equity markets are already pricing in to some degree.

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Other than investing in a volatile stock market, housing is the only asset to hold and that can lead to pricing bubbles.

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The housing correction, coupled with the weak dollar, has led to huge pricing discounts for Brazilians.

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In response to a struggling housing market and a conservative lending environment, the FHA has added Cadillac pricing to their mortgage products to subsidize a congressionally mandated reserve requirement, and to pay for a tax cut!

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"In our planning process for 2010, we assumed conditions in the U.S. housing industry would be comparable with the second half of 2009, with relatively stable demand and pricing, " said RichardDugasRichard Dugas, PulteGroup's chief executive.

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