Archive for February, 2010

Fannie to U.S.: We need another $15.3 billion

Continue Reading Add comment February 26th, 2010

Battered by the housing crisis, mortgage finance company Fannie Mae said Friday that it needs another $15.3 billion in bailout money from the federal government.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/J6cESxSze_I” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

Existing home sales drop

Continue Reading Add comment February 26th, 2010

Sales of existing homes unexpectedly fell in January, according to an industry report published Friday.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/r9Lyevl1DfM” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

Mortgage servicers offer aid plan for jobless

Continue Reading Add comment February 25th, 2010

The Mortgage Bankers Association proposed a forbearance program Wednesday aimed at helping the unemployed pay their mortgages for up to nine months.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/jxCNThvxMv4″ height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

Duck! Watch out for falling home prices

Continue Reading Add comment February 25th, 2010

Despite signs that the real estate market might be lurching forward, prices are expected to fall further this year.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/VMc2dnTuCjQ” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

New home sales fall to a record low

Continue Reading Add comment February 24th, 2010

Sales of new homes plunged in January to the lowest level on record, government figures showed Wednesday.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/wuatysMSfJo” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

Nearly 25% of all mortgages are underwater

Continue Reading Add comment February 24th, 2010

More bad news on the housing bust front: Nearly 25% of all mortgage borrowers were underwater, meaning they more on their loans than their homes are worth.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/8hmx4txw6Ak” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

Home prices fall another 2.5%

Continue Reading Add comment February 23rd, 2010

Home prices fell just 2.5% during the last three month of 2009 compared with the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a closely watched gauge of home price movement. That was a big improvement over the past three years.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/q2jk95lhn1M” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

The boy who cried housing recovery!

Continue Reading Add comment February 22nd, 2010

Lowe’s reported a better-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter on Monday, and the nation’s second-largest home-improvement retailer indicated that 2010 would be a better year for the housing market.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/VhKtHsvL75w” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

$1.5 billion in housing help coming to 5 states

Continue Reading Add comment February 19th, 2010

Under pressure to do more for troubled homeowners, President Obama is expected to announce on Friday a $1.5 billion program to help borrowers in the five states hit hardest by the housing crisis.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/E2E9QjeYI8k” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

Late FHA loans spike 62%

Continue Reading Add comment February 19th, 2010

The recent spike in the number of delinquent Federal Housing Administration-insured loans has some people worried that taxpayers will eventually have to bail the agency out.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/-gvOcTOcd80″ height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »

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