Empire State Building planning IPO
The thousands of tourists who flock to the Empire State Building every year may soon be able to buy a chunk of it for themselves.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/08vY7TkBaJU" height="1" width="1"/
November 29, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
New-home sales edge higher
New-home sales edged slightly higher last month, as more Americans hunted for bargains in the struggling housing market.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/J_KbEpBiz-s" height="1" width="1"/
November 28, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Feds shut down mortgage relief scams
The federal government is cracking down on scammers who target struggling homeowners looking to lower their monthly mortgage payments.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/5BpBbDm0ncs" height="1" width="1"/
November 23, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Existing home sales edge higher in October
Homebuyers scooped up more previously owned homes in October, slowly putting a dent in the huge inventory on the market, an industry report showed Monday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/KgV5Qxg0vkw" height="1" width="1"/
November 21, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Home foreclosures starting to rise again
Home foreclosure filings rose in the third quarter, as recent declines in the rate of new foreclosures came to an end, according to an industry trade group.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/bIk9jhI2ZfY" height="1" width="1"/
November 17, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Building permits climb 11%
Permits for housing construction climbed in October, signaling an uptick in optimism among homebuilders.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Dnew7mjbKC4" height="1" width="1"/
November 17, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Housing in 2012: Things are looking up
Last year the economic forecasting firm Fiserv predicted that home values would sink around 5% in 2011, and that prices in three-quarters of the nation's major metro areas would fall. The bad news is, the firm wasn't that far off the mark. The good news: In the coming year, Fiserv thinks 95% of the 384 metro areas it tracks will see prices rise.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/RQBhmwrxc7E" height="1" width="1"/
November 17, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Farmland prices in the Midwest soar
Agricultural land value is soaring in the Midwest, with parts of the region surging 25% from last year, according to two recent Federal Reserve surveys. The jump is the highest increase in three decades.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/0Sougb6CVfU" height="1" width="1"/
November 16, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Will FHA be the next big bailout?
Continued trouble in the housing market has further eroded the Federal Housing Administration's reserves, leaving it with a very thin cushion to protect it against future financial losses.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/_x1Dm9UJ-do" height="1" width="1"/
November 15, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Should I refinance my rental property?
The Help Desk responds to a reader who wants to know whether it makes sense to drop $40,000 in order to refinance a rental house and save on mortgage costs.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/mVesoUC6XUM" height="1" width="1"/
November 15, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
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