NEW YORK — A new survey shows economists are growing slightly more optimistic about recovery in the job and housing markets but expect other pillars of the economy to remain weak. The National Association for Business Economists says in a report issued Monday that its forecasters expect modest growth for the remainder of the year, [...]

Follow @dsherfinski Enlarge Photo Facebook Follow @washtimes Fairfax County lost about $2.4 million on a Reston housing complex that went into foreclosure several years ago – news that was not formally relayed to the county’s Board of Supervisors until this year. “You don’t lose [that amount] and not report it to the Board of Supervisors,” [...]

Enlarge image U.S. Stocks Gain on Manufacturing as Treasuries Retreat Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg A pump housing waits to be shipped from Diversified Tooling Group’s American Tooling Center Inc. facility in Grass Lake, Michigan, on April 17, 2012. A pump housing waits to be shipped from Diversified Tooling Group’s American Tooling Center Inc. facility in Grass Lake, [...]

PAXTON —  It might not be a shovel in the ground, but when U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray and a representative from the federal Department of Housing and Community Development come to Paxton’s senior center at 3 p.m. May 24, they will be celebrating funding that will help get a long-awaited [...]

Manufacturers probably received more orders in April and home sales rose, a sign the U.S. expansion is still on track, economists said before reports this week. Factory bookings for long-lasting goods rose 0.3 percent last month after falling 3.9 percent in March, according to the median forecasts of 61 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News before [...]

MUMBAI: The law seems to be finally catching up with minister of state for transport and senior NCP leader Gulabrao Deokar for his alleged involvement in a 1997 Jalgaon housing scam. Deokar, who was a member of the Jalgaon Municipal Council between 1995 and 2000, has been summoned at the district superintendent of police office [...]

Last week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded nearly $760,000 to three fair housing organizations to assist people in Wisconsin who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination. “We are pleased to provide the only federal grant support to private fair housing enforcement and education,” said HUDs Assistant Secretary for Fair [...]