- Treasury hopes new rules send short sales to the rescue of underwater mortgages
With new Treasury Department rules designed to expedite short sales set to take effect April 5, relief can't come soon enough for some area buyers, sellers and real estate agents who have waded through a long and arduous process to get short sales approved by the bank.
- Landover Hills: location, affordability still draw first-time buyers
When Mike Walker and his wife, Kathy, found an affordable house in Landover Hills back in 1979, they were looking for an upgrade from their apartment in nearby Bladensburg. The house was advertised as a ''fixer-upper,'' Mike Walker recalled, and cost $39,500.
- Living In | Old Hill, Conn.: Living in Old Hill, Conn.
Preservation fights can be notably fierce in Old Hill, Conn., a town known for its ponds.
- The Going Gets Tougher
It doesn't take much to trip up these days and the problem may be a more demanding Fannie Mae.
- Posting: Brooklyn Bridge Park as Lure for a New Condo
Are the outlines of an ambitious swing-set-and-slide area lifting sales at One Brooklyn Bridge Park?
- Habitats: Part Library, Part Salon, Part Cast Party
The apartment of Delphi and Norman Harrington seems to exist in both the present and the past.
- 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.
- Boom city top for 10-year property prices
PERTH has been the decade's standout property market, with 11 of its suburbs among the top 20 fastest growing average prices.
- Offer in Ground Zero case
A US class action against Bovis and other contractors by workers on the World Trade Centre clean-up site has been offered $US575 million to settle.
- 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Living with an undersize, outdated kitchen?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 more -- it would cost to demolish the space and build a new state-of-the-art room from scratch.
- NZ median house price $267,400
NEW Zealand home prices were flat in February compared with January but sales rose strongly on the month.
- New round of foreclosures threatens housing market
The housing market is facing swelling ranks of homeowners who are seriously delinquent but have yet to lose their homes, and this is threatening a new wave of foreclosures that could hit just as the real estate market has begun to stabilize.
- WTC Development Talks Continue
Negotiations continued between developer Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority who are trying to resolve an impasse over the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site before a critical deadline Friday.
- More living on struggle street
THE average size of a home loan has risen by 40 per cent since 2005, leaving many Australians struggling to meet their repayments.
- Foreclosures leveling off
The national foreclosure rate fell 2% in February from a month earlier, according to an industry report released Thursday, the latest sign that the pace of foreclosures is slowing.
- Fortis Sues Lender Kennedy in Debt Case
Kennedy Funding, a New Jersey lender to cash-strapped real-estate developers, has plenty of experience going after debtors who fall behind on their payments. But now it's Kennedy's turn to get squeezed.
- Helmsley Estate Sells Manhattan Hotel
The Helmsley Carlton House is being sold to a partnership between private-equity firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Extell Development for about $170 million.
- European REIT Rollout at Hand
With European property markets beginning to recover from the market downturn and global recession, there are signs that the REIT revolution could be at hand.
- Green homes face a red light
Lots of people, especially those trying to battle high utility bills, believe in energy-efficient homebuilding.
- Homes Of The Billionaires
Where the world's richest people unwind after a long day.
- The $50 Million Price Point
There's an art to selling a ridiculously expensive piece of real estate. It starts with getting the buyer to think of a big number.
- Canny FTBs remain undeterred
A new survey has revealed that FTBs are increasingly entering the new homes market with confidence...
- Budapest braced for big changes
Hungary's Capital is in the throes of Europe's biggest makeover...
- Pravetz hits 100m hole-in-one
A huge new tourism project is set to catapult one Bulgarian town into the big time...
- Investors eye The real Turkey
Investors seeking the ?authentic' Turkish experience may have found their dream location...
- Renters stuck in limbo
New research has revealed that FTBs are finding it touch to escape the rental cycle...
- EPC deadline looms for landlords
BTL landlords are preparing for the imminent implementation of EPCs...
- Landlord glee as rental yields rocket
Residential rental yields have reaching their highest level for almost two years...
- Auckland record rents but market cools
The Auckland residential property market slowed in January...
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