Real Estate: Real Estate Industry
Shares of most mortgage lenders rise
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Bush offers help to troubled homeowners
President Bush outlined his plan Friday for helping troubled subprime borrowers keep their homes. The initiatives target hundred of thousands of distressed homeowners. Read more…
Buying an eco-friendly home
Walking you through one of her Evergreen, Colorado, listings, real estate agent Jody Wagner is likely to point out all the usual perks that make home buyers go oooh and aaah: lofty ceilings, eat-in kitchens, newly refurbished baths, and award-winning school districts. Read more…
Federal report: Home prices still going up
Home prices increased during the three months ended June 30, albeit only slightly, according to the latest quarterly report from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO). Read more…
Housing troubles worsen for the poor
The housing boom may have ended, but even at its peak, it left legions of low-income, working families worse off in its wake. Read more…
Flippers fuel foreclosures
Flippers and other speculators investing in single-family homes helped drive up prices in many hot housing markets during the boom. Now they're contributing heavily to mortgage delinquencies in several of those markets. Read more…
The richest (and poorest) U.S. places
Maryland is now the wealthiest state in the union, as measured by median household income, according to the latest stats from the Census Bureau. Read more…
Home prices: No relief on horizon
Home prices have shown few signs of any turnaround, and a new report sees the downward slide continuing. Read more…
Glut of homes hits 16-year high
Worsening problems in the mortgage market helped drive home sales lower in July, a real estate group said Monday - pushing the glut of homes on the market to the highest in about 16 years. Read more…
Foreclosure fallout: Rescue scams
Jennifer Falke and her family had been in their Columbus, Ohio home for nearly 12 years when they hit a rough patch in 2006. Falke was out of work and fell behind on the mortgage. Read more…
