list http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=582 Stories by Stephanie Armour - USA TODAY Reporter Feed en-us Copyright 2010, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:05:17 GMT 142 18 http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=582 http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2010-02-10-dcsnow10_ST_N.htm?csp=34 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:23 GMT Faster computers, broadband connections and free public Wi-Fi are taking the fun out of snow days. http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2010-02-10-dcsnow10_ST_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-29-mortgages29_ST_N.htm?csp=34 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:28:36 GMT Homeowners applying for mortgage modifications will soon have to provide paperwork up front showing that they qualify. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-29-mortgages29_ST_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-26-home-price-index_N.htm?csp=34 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:16:00 GMT Home prices slid in November, raising questions about whether the housing recovery is robust enough to maintain a sustained turn around. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-26-home-price-index_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-25-home-sales_N.htm?csp=34 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:19:17 GMT Home sales saw their biggest drop in more than 40 years as buyers weren’t sure Congress would extend a tax credit for first-time home buyers. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-25-home-sales_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-20-fha-home-mortgage-loans_N.htm?csp=34 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:00:16 GMT Tighter lending requirements for loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration may leave some borrowers unable to get mortgages, but economists are divided on the impact they could have on housing’s recovery. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-20-fha-home-mortgage-loans_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-19-spring-home-buyers_N.htm?csp=34 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:24:03 GMT The springtime spurt in home buying may hit before the snow melts this year as buyers scramble to meet an April 30 tax credit deadline. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-19-spring-home-buyers_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-13-foreclosures-rise-in-december_N.htm?csp=34 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:05:28 GMT Foreclosure filings increased 14% in December from November, the first monthly increase since foreclosure activity peaked in July, according to a RealtyTrac report out Thursday. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-13-foreclosures-rise-in-december_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-11-home-appraisal-rule-values_N.htm?csp=34 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:40:34 GMT Home buyers who take out federally insured home loans will soon find their mortgage brokers can’t select appraisers, part of an effort to ensure appraisers aren’t pressured to inflate home values. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-01-11-home-appraisal-rule-values_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-12-17-smallhomes17_ST_N.htm?csp=34 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:53:57 GMT A trend toward more compact new homes is being driven partly by the fact that more customers are first-time buyers who have less to spend. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-12-17-smallhomes17_ST_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-12-13-housing_N.htm?csp=34 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:18:16 GMT Colleen Wells heard the housing market was supposed to be picking up, so she felt optimistic when she put her 60-acre farm in Ocala, Fla., up for sale early this year. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-12-13-housing_N.htm?csp=34