Archive for August, 2010
Continue Reading August 31st, 2010
For the growing number of struggling homeowners in this country, more help is on the way. Additional aid from the federal government will begin making its way to them next month — one program would help qualified homeowners refinance their mortgages after seeing their property values fall below the amount they owe, and the other includes another round of funding to help the unemployed or underemployed with their payments.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/PKPOLnJPetA” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 31st, 2010
Despite a recent spate of bad news coming out of the housing industry, home prices show signs of stabilizing.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/nPjWBocq44Y” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 30th, 2010
Remember how everyone complained that banks weren’t doing enough to help troubled borrowers?img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/8V1v3c7lMpw” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 27th, 2010
Home improvement is one of the fastest-growing segments of e-commerce. But the consequences of a bad decision when it comes to finding a contractor or remodeling products online are far worse than buying the wrong paperback.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/VkD1uhTGVGI” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 26th, 2010
Fewer mortgage borrowers are delinquent on their loan payments, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/CCanmRDca5U” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 26th, 2010
The American home is shrinking. Toll the bell for the McMansion.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/XejrovRepZc” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 25th, 2010
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The housing market is still in shambles.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/pEF-Hc09l3Y” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 25th, 2010
New home sales unexpectedly fell in July to the lowest level on record as the housing market continued to suffer from the end of the homebuyer tax credit boost.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Ksno_NDO86Q” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 25th, 2010
Plenty of forces, from overly cautious lenders to inaccurate appraisals, are wrecking real estate deals right now. But one of the biggest roadblocks to getting a house sold these days is the disconnect between buyers and sellers.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/PjlXB3QS-vc” height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
Continue Reading August 24th, 2010
Treasury yields continued to fall Tuesday, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note holding near a 19-month low, as a spate of dour economic news has driven investors into safer assets, like government-backed debt.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/yM0JGtNAJS4″ height=”1″ width=”1″/ Read more »
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