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Extended Help on Way for Jobless HomeownersThe Obama administration is trying to make it easier for homeowners who lose their jobs to keep their homes. |
Time To Foreclose California Home: 312 DaysForeclosure filings were down in California to levels not seen in nearly 3 years, ForeclosureRadar.com's April report shows. |
Storm Victims, Insurance Adjusters Getting Down to BusinessRoddy Gill rolled in from Slidell, La., part of a small army of insurance adjusters flocking to the St. Louis region bearing checks and explanations of policies many local homeowners are only now coming to fully understand. |
Cost of Homeownership Is More Than Just a MortgageBuyers need to factor in a host of expenses when considering a home. |
December's Existing Home Sales Drop Was ExpectedTrends in existing home sales took a downturn in December, according to data released today by the National Association of Realtors. However, the drop-off was expected, as the surge recorded from September through November was largely spurred by homebuyers eager to meet the original November deadline for a tax credit. |
Case-Shiller: Home Prices Rise for Fourth Straight MonthThe price of homes in 20 major U.S. cities posted an average rise of 1.2 percent in August, the fourth consecutive monthly gain, according to a monthly housing report released Tuesday. |
Will the Housing Market Recover? Harvard Report Says Yes, But SlowlyA recovery in the housing market is being forestalled in the short-term by ongoing trends such as job losses and tighter mortgage credit, but in the long-term will be enabled by the up-and-coming generation of young adults, according to a new Harvard study. |
Case-Shiller Index Shows Continued Home Price Free FallThe price of U.S. homes continued to drop by record-setting amounts in March, but some hard-hit cities showed signs of stabilization, according to a monthly housing report released Tuesday. Still, the overall tone of the report, published by Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index -- a closely watched measure of 20 major cities -- was negative. |
Case-Shiller Again Shows Steep Drop, But Not Another RecordThe decline of the housing market in 20 major cities continued through February, but there's a shred of good news: for the first time in nearly 18 months, the overall drop for that month failed to set a record, according to the latest Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index, a closely watched index. |
Case-Shiller Index Indicates Continued Housing Price Free FallFor 20 major markets, the housing market decline was even steeper in January than it was in December, according to a report released Tuesday. Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index, a closely watched measure of 20 major cities, dropped 19 percent in January 2009 from January 2008. |
Second Home Sales Dropped in 2008Paralleling the ailing economy, secondary homes -- vacation and investment homes -- all saw a significant sales decline, accounting for 30 percent of all transactions in 2008, a 3 percent drop from 2007. The National Association of Realtors' study also found that about a third of non-primary homebuyers opted to pay with cash. |
