Linkage: Housing Market’s Holiday Hangover

Today’s headlines are a mixed bag–Freddie Mac is optimistic about next year’s housing market, but some industry players are ringing alarm bells over a lack of affordable housing.
- Freddie: Lower Mortgage Rates Should Reverse Slide In Home Sales(freddiemac.com)
- Want To Buy Sears? You Have 24 Hours(cnbc.com)
- Rural America Faces An Affordable Housing Crisis(huffingtonpost.com)
- And The Rest Of The Country Is Struggling To Find Affordable Housing Too(mercurynews.com)
- National Housing Conference CEO: We're In A "Significant" Housing Crisis(thehill.com)
- Apple's New Campus Will Heat Up Austin's Real Estate Market, Says Redfin(redfin.com)
- Vanguard Funding Execs Sentenced To Prison For Embezzling $8.9 Million From Warehouse LOC(housingwire.com)
