Real Estate News
- Boosting home energy efficiency: Improvements that feel good and save money
- When it comes to making your home more energy efficient, you may have to spend a little to save a lot. And, like most good investments, energy-efficient home improvements may require you to be in it for the long haul in order to see the maximum retur... Full story
- Transforming a bathroom into a spa can be easy
- MICHELE KEITH / For The Associated Press
- There's nothing like some me-time in a luxurious spa after a long day. And it takes just a little effort to transform your own bathroom into just such a place, an oasis in which to relax and rejuvenate.
Some simple fixes and inexpensive accessories ... Full story
- One in 10 with a mortgage face foreclosure
- WASHINGTON (AP) — One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government's efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis.
About 9.9 percent of homeowners had missed at least ... Full story
- Mortgage rates hit low of 4.36 percent
- NEW YORK (AP) — Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 10 weeks, as concerns grow that the economy is weakening.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for a 30-year fixed loan was 4.36... Full story
- Selling a home: Pricing right in a housing slump
- The Associated Press
- NEW YORK (AP) — The good news for sellers: Your house will sell. The bad? Only if the price is just right.
That could mean biting down hard and slashing tens of thousands from your ideal listing price if you're serious about selling. And you s... Full story
- A look at home prices in US cities
- The Associated Press
- Home prices rose in nearly two-thirds of U.S. cities this spring. The median sales price for previously occupied homes rose from year-ago levels in 100 out of 155 metropolitan areas.
The national median price in the second quarter was $176,900, up f... Full story
- Homes lost to foreclosure up 6 pct from last year
- The Associated Press
- LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of U.S. homes lost to foreclosure surged in July, as lenders take back more properties from homeowners who have been in default for months on end.
Lenders repossessed 92,858 properties last month, up 9 percent fro... Full story
- Maine lighthouse with million-dollar view for sale
- PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The property has a million-dollar view, but the quarters are cramped, the grounds are nothing to brag about and a loud fog horn blares every 10 seconds.
For the right price, the picturesque Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse ca... Full story
- Meltdown 101: Housing starts show industry's woes
- The Associated Press
- WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing construction is crawling out of its very deep hole, but no one expects it to reach the heights hit before the housing bubble burst — at least not for a very long time.
The Commerce Department released its monthl... Full story
- Congress scrutinizes problems in home buyer credit
- The Associated Press
- WASHINGTON (AP) — The rush to implement a tax credit for first-time home buyers opened the program up to potential fraud by people who hadn't bought a home or already owned one, Congress was told Thursday.
J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector... Full story
