Real Estate News
2M borrowers avoid foreclosure
08/27/2008 - Hope Now has helped more than 2 million at-risk borrowers stay in their homes during the past 13 months, according to numbers released by the coalition on Wednesday.
Unlocking your home equity
08/27/2008 - The housing rescue package that Congress scrambled to pass in July was aimed primarily at stemming foreclosures and shoring up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But it also contains provisions that make reverse mortgages a better deal for older homeowners who want to turn their equity into cash.
Housing fix backfires
08/27/2008 - Back in February, Congress passed into law a quick fix for the housing market. Unfortunately, it hasn't done much good.
Home prices plummet in a new record
08/26/2008 - National U.S. home prices fell a record 15.4% in the second quarter compared with last year, according to a report out Tuesday.
Mortgage volume rises
08/27/2008 - Read full story for latest details.
Latest home prices - first quarter
05/19/2008 - Single-family home prices dropped 7.7% in the first quarter in the largest year-over-year decline since the National Association of Realtors began reporting prices in 1982.
Where home prices are headed next
05/19/2008 - The housing implosion is nowhere near over. In 75 of the 100 top U.S. cities, prices are expected to fall in the next 12 months according to Fiserv Lending Solutions.
Mortgage fraud still soaring
08/26/2008 - With the housing market in turmoil and lending standards tougher than ever, you'd think that the kind of unscrupulous activity that helped plunge the industry into crisis would be a thing of the past.
New home sales rise, but grim news lurks
08/26/2008 - The housing sector offered another mixed bag of news Tuesday, as new home sales rose slightly in July only after June sales were revised downward, according to a key government report.
Five-fold jump in Thornburg profit
08/26/2008 - Read full story for latest details.
Existing home sales rise, but prices still sinking
08/25/2008 - Sales of existing homes rose more than expected in July, but prices continued to fall and inventory increased. That's according to the latest reading on the battered housing market by an industry trade group released Monday.
These homes for sale suck
08/26/2008 - Mold, maggots and piles of festering trash - no wonder home prices are in freefall.
Housing: Frank talk from Barney Frank
08/25/2008 - Spend 27 years in Congress and you're bound to encounter more than one financial train wreck. But as Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., sees it, the meltdown in the U.S. housing market poses as much of a threat to the nation's economic well-being as anything he's encountered during his time on Capitol Hill.
IndyMac borrowers to get relief
08/22/2008 - The FDIC, six weeks after taking over mortgage lender IndyMac Bank, said Wednesday that it will start systematically modifying some of the bank's most troubled loans to keep borrowers in their homes.
10 easy ways to green your home
08/22/2008 - Some of the smartest green ideas are decidedly low-tech. Fact is, the sustainable homes of the future look a lot like those of the past.
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