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Bulls tiptoe into homebuilder stocks
It takes a lot of courage to be a bull on homebuilder stocks these days. They exist, for sure. And they aren't on mind-bending drugs. In fact, they see the world much as the housing stock bears do. You won't find any uplifting messages in their reports on the economy and housing.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/IAqBxNBRqW4" height="1" width="1"/ 07/30/2010 02:18 PM

Foreclosures climb in 75% of metro areas
Foreclosure filings climbed in 75% of the nation's metro areas during the first half of 2010, according to a report issued Thursday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/-L5OSf-4w7c" height="1" width="1"/ 07/29/2010 03:34 AM

For sale: Dennis Hopper's compound
The "Easy Rider" left us earlier this year. Now his stunning Venice, Calif., compound is on the market - for $6.25 million.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Xyho7WGHW0o" height="1" width="1"/ 07/28/2010 12:28 PM

Rise of the renting class
Modern America has long paired the "America Dream" with home ownership. The idea of staying put, paying property taxes and periodically mowing the lawn belonged to citizens who were somehow more American than the poor saps who could only afford to rent the place they called home.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/HmSFOA7nbTs" height="1" width="1"/ 07/29/2010 11:36 AM

America's most overvalued cities
Don't say we didn't warn you.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/N_pHqA2NeWY" height="1" width="1"/ 01/27/2010 07:56 AM

Foreclosures: How bad is your state?
img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/BKFfP1XeTG0" height="1" width="1"/ 03/05/2009 12:34 PM

Housing: Wall Street 1; Cleveland 0
The City of Cleveland's long-standing battle to pin its housing woes on Wall Street may have finally gone bust.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/WBM5KLLUW3U" height="1" width="1"/ 07/28/2010 10:28 AM

Advice for the reluctant landlord
With plans to start a family, Michael and Becky McCullough, 33 and 31, wanted more space. So last year they snapped up a four-bedroom foreclosure in Brookhaven, Ga., for $480,000.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/JrSVH8aHnTE" height="1" width="1"/ 07/28/2010 05:31 AM

Home ownership falls to lowest level in 11 years
The number of Americans who own homes fell in the second quarter of the year to the lowest level since 1999, said a government survey released Tuesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/MGfjUuqCBDw" height="1" width="1"/ 07/27/2010 05:09 PM

Home prices show stability after modest gain
Home prices rose slightly in May compared with a month earlier, appearing to have stablized at the lower levels that followed the end of the residential real estate bubble, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 major housing markets released Tuesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/u6zXpf9JE9I" height="1" width="1"/ 07/27/2010 10:30 AM

New home sales rebound 24%
New home sales rebounded in June from the record low hit the previous month but remained sluggish.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/tE7X3TnJg5s" height="1" width="1"/ 07/26/2010 03:08 PM

For sale: Jim Morrison's L.A. bungalow
Yes, Jim Morrison is still dead. But the rock star's L.A. house is up for sale - and it can be can be yours for a cool $1.2 million.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/PA01r4o1-Uc" height="1" width="1"/ 07/23/2010 12:06 PM

Existing home sales fall 5.1%
In the latest sign of renewed turbulence in the housing market, an industry group said Thursday that sales of existing homes fell 5.1% in June.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/9GzUDOfWojg" height="1" width="1"/ 07/26/2010 11:18 AM

Bankruptcy can save your house from foreclosure
Slick TV commercials and online ads tell delinquent borrowers that they can save their homes by filing for personal bankruptcy. But is it true -- or just too good to be true?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Y6t7jPDL8aI" height="1" width="1"/ 07/24/2010 10:58 AM

Best Places: 25 youngest
In Provo, Utah, the median age is under 23. What cities have a median age even younger?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/yoYkVFaai6k" height="1" width="1"/ 07/23/2010 09:32 AM



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