• Housing as an issue for America was noticeably absent from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, industry advocates said. Republicans are sniffing around the topic as a potential club with which to beat the administration.
• The housing market is improving, Blooomberg noted in an article. Like many parts of the economy, however, it has only begun, and the painful foreclosure process is not over, including in some swing states.
• The GOP is testing whether it might have something to work with, blaming Obama this week with not having as robust a recovery as needed because of lingering housing problems.

From the article:

With most of the Democratic National Convention now complete, a writer for Bloomberg-BusinessWeek is highlighting a significant void in the party's platform: housing. ...