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Is Real Estate Rolling Over?

Prieur du Plessis submits: David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates, yesterday made the following observation: To be sure, the...

Rent, Art and Core Inflation

March Madness has begun, and as if on cue market volatility is evaporating. Despite a fair amount of economic data, stocks ended the day yesterday unchanged....

23 Reasons to Be Wildly Optimistic About the Economy

The Business Insider submits: by Vincent Fernando Step back from the daily pessimism and you'll see a...

More Downside to Housing Ahead?

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Driving Up Interest Rates Will Deepen Housing Slump - Stiglitz

Peter Cooper submits: Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has warned that the Federal Reserve’s decision to end its $1.4 trillion mortgage debt purchase program this month is...

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Phoenix homes now undervalued by 22%

A frequent leader of late on the negative side of housing stats, Phoenix avoided the top spot among offenders on IHS Global Insight’s analysis of overvalued housing markets during the real estate bubble....

Chase opens 2nd Homeownership Center

JPMorgan Chase & Co. opened its second Homeownership Center this week in Arizona to help struggling families handle mortgage payments. ...

Mortgage rates under 5%

Long-term mortgage rates have remained below 5 percent for the third consecutive week. (FRE)

Florida AG McCollum warns of commercial foreclosure crisis

A day doesn’t go by without some talk of the residential foreclosure crisis in the media. But the severity of that problem could be overshadowing yet a bigger problem looming on the...

Home sales up 66.1% over a year ago

Orlando Regional Realtor Association members posted 4,043 new sales contracts in the month of February, a 66.1 percent jump over February 2009 and the greatest monthly tally since the ORRA began recording the...

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Homes to be built in Long Branch area targeted in eminent-domain case

Mar. 19--Beachfront North Phase 2 redevelopers say they plan to break ground by June 1 on their model home, one of 20 residences that will be incorporated into the area that came...

Buyer beware in Tampa's low-priced housing market

Mar. 19--TAMPA -- Home prices are lower than they have been in years, and there are plenty of properties to choose from.

Many South Florida home sellers still asking too much: Many home sellers still seem to think their homes are worth as much as they were a few years ago.

Mar. 19--Despite months of declining home prices, new data shows that South Florida sellers are still asking too much for their homes, then slashing prices when they don't sell -- a sign...

Nearly one-quarter of construction jobs lost in South Florida: Employment statewide dropped by 19 percent and the industry lost 80,000 jobs

Mar. 19--South Florida is one of the hardest-hit regions for construction job losses as a "depression" continues to strangle the industry, the Associated General Contractors of America said Thursday.

Home sales down in Inland region

Mar. 17--The Inland region remained the exception in Southern California where more homes were sold last month than a year ago, according to the latest report from MDA DataQuick of San Diego,...

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Where home prices are rising

Real estate prices in Santa Rosa, California are heading higher. What other cities are projected to enjoy home price gains in 2010?

Get a perfect home using what you own

Hate the mess your home has deteriorated into but you don't have the time or means to do a comprehensive redecorating job? Or maybe it's time to sell your place, but you...

America's most overvalued cities

Don't say we didn't warn you.

Mortgage help: 170,000 get aid

More than 170,000 troubled homeowners are breathing a lasting sigh of relief now that they've received permanent modifications under the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program.

The three-figure kitchen makeover

Living with an undersize, outdated kitchen? If so, a sledgehammer may feel like the only solution. But these days you're probably not up for spending the $50,000 or more -- maybe much...

Green homes face a red light

Lots of people, especially those trying to battle high utility bills, believe in energy-efficient homebuilding.

Your landlord got foreclosed. Do you have to go?

Renting a home that is going through foreclosure? If so, don't be fooled: Lenders can't kick you out; they have to honor the terms of your lease.

Can't make your mortgage? Get an emergency loan

Erin and Robert Smith had no problem handling the $2,000 monthly payment on their home ... until they lost their jobs.

Rush Limbaugh wants $14 million for his NYC penthouse

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is saying adios to the Big Apple and selling his Fifth Avenue penthouse, asking almost $14 million.