If you decide to go FSBO, you are going to have to show your home at some point. When doing it, there are some guidelines you should follow. Read more…

Reuters - Blackstone Group's real-estate arm is close to a deal to sell office buildings in Seattle and Washington, D.C., to Beacon Capital Partners, a Boston-based real-estate investment firm, for about $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Read more…

When selling your home, finding a top producer instead of asking around for someone's brother or friend of the family is your best bet. The 80:20 rule applies to real estate as well as every other profession. 20 percent of the agent get most of the sales. Read more…

Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Friday after Countrywide Financial Corp. became the latest mortgage lender to warn of rising defaults, while chip maker Micron Technology Inc.'s poor forecasts shook the tech sector. Read more…

For Sale By Owner (FSBO) has its pros and cons. Read on to see current facts on the FSBO market and some pointers to keep in mind as you consider selling your own home. Read more…

Just as the struggling real estate market seems to be stabilizing, a fresh problem is brewing far from real estate offices or home construction sites: a jump in defaults by higher-risk borrowers. Read more…

FT.com - Dealing rooms re-opened after Monday's market holiday in bullish mode, with investors increasingly persuaded that a domestic recovery is now properly underway. The day's trading took the Nikkei 225 Average up to its May 2000 level as real estate issues in particular hit prices last seen in the final days of Japan's bubble economy. Read more…

FT.com - London equities inched higher on Tuesday, helped by solid full-year numbers from Bradford & Bingley which lifted mortgage lenders, but an uncertain outlook from British Land hampered the real estate sector. Read more…

The Motley Fool - In an ideal world, many families would prefer to have only one parent work, leaving the other to care for young children. But it's increasingly tough to raise a family on a single salary, so many families send both parents out to work -- creating the additional trouble of finding good day care. Aside from a few major exceptions, including Target (NYSE: TGT - News) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE - News), most companies don't provide day care on-site. And the financial benefits of a second paycheck can be eroded by the cost of day care. Read more…

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Reuters - Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. , a California subprime mortgage lender, reported a fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday, hurt by worsening conditions in the market for loans to people with weaker credit histories. Read more…

Less than a year after moving into her new 2,100-square-foot house in Lenexa, Kans., Susan Sabin has strung up lemon lights in her front window. Read more…

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AP - A House committee will investigate and request documents on a real estate deal involving the government's top environmental prosecutor and ConocoPhillips' top lobbyist, and legal agreements between the government and the oil company. Read more…

AP - The slump in housing deepened in the final three months of last year with sales falling in 40 states and median home prices declining in nearly half of the metropolitan areas surveyed, a real estate trade group reported Thursday. Read more…

Reuters - Home builders' confidence rose in February to its highest level since June 2006 as low mortgage rates and sales incentives helped boost demand, the National Association of Home Builders said on Thursday. Read more…

The slump in home prices was both deeper and more widespread than ever before the fourth quarter, according to a trade group report Thursday. Read more…

Reuters - Weakness in the U.S. housing market showed no signs of abating through the end of 2006 as sales slid in 40 states and prices dropped in metro regions with major price gains in recent years, a real estate trade association said on Thursday. Read more…

Once you have seen the outrageous amount of money you would have to give a realtor to sell your home, perhaps you thought about how to sell your home by owner. Well this article is here to give you 5 easy tips to learn how to sell your home by owner. Read more…

"Leave the driving to us" was a clever slogan for Greyhound buses - but Sebastian Thrun foresees a day when it'll work for the auto industry. Read more…

Reuters - Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, an affiliate of MGIC Investment Corp. and Radian Group Inc. , said on Friday that it planned to buy subprime mortgage lender Fieldstone Investment Corp. for $5.53 per share. Read more…

Your home is probably the biggest investment you will ever make. A mistake in selling your home could cost you far more than hiring a professional will ever cost. Here are 12 points to consider before selling your own home. Read more…

FT.com - It has been a rough year for real estate investors. House prices and sales continue to drop, and developers from Boston to Las Vegas are cancelling construction projects. But as bad news piles up, investors should remember that slumps can be a good time to buy. Read more…

Solar startups are so 2006. Read more…