Stephen Thode at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania says progress in the housing market will be limited until the job market gets better.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

A big part of this prediction is based on signs that the housing market is beginning to improve.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

The housing market is showing new life after three years of falling prices and too much supply.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

A second government program a tax credit for first-time home buyers has helped the housing market.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

However,the housing market continued to suffer its worst downturn in generations.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

But the same is not true for the housing market.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

"The housing market has recovered from the exceedingly low levels that we saw hit during the worst of the recession.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

The central bank also announced that it would purchase up to $750 billion of additional mortgage-backed securities, which lost value with the collapse of the U.S.housing market.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Professor Kyle also points to a weak property market, both for housing and businesses.

VOA: special.2009.05.29