Skip navigation.
Home

Source: CNNMoney.com

Syndicate content Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com
From CNN and Money magazine, CNNMoney.com combines business news and in-depth market analysis with practical advice and answers to personal finance questions.
Updated: 25 min 35 sec ago

Pending home sales sink to 7-year low

6 January 2009 - 7:34pm
The number of homes under contract to be sold fell 4% in November, according to a report released Tuesday.
Categories: Real Estate news

Your house can make you sick

6 January 2009 - 6:50pm
You're sniffling and wheezing your way through another winter. A run of bad luck with germs? Sure, but it also may be the result of something more insidious: toxins.
Categories: Real Estate news

Big Apple home prices defy gravity

6 January 2009 - 4:11pm
Home prices in Manhattan held up remarkably well in the fourth quarter, despite the economic crisis.
Categories: Real Estate news

Buying their dream home

6 January 2009 - 11:49am
From California to D.C., falling home prices and cheaper mortgage rates helped these families to become homeowners.
Categories: Real Estate news

Refinancing for less

5 January 2009 - 3:59pm
Question: I'm refinancing my mortgage, and my lender tells me that I need to get a new title insurance policy, which will cost more than a thousand dollars. We haven't made any changes to our home, and there aren't any outstanding liens on the property. Is there any way around this fee?
Categories: Real Estate news

Confessions of a former real estate bull

5 January 2009 - 3:30pm
Q. Were you wrong to be so bullish?
Categories: Real Estate news

Mortgage apps still at 5-year peak

2 January 2009 - 3:05pm
Read full story for latest details.
Categories: Real Estate news

Mortgage rates hit fresh 37-year low

31 December 2008 - 6:09pm
Rates on mortgage loans are the lowest in the 37-year history of the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, according to a weekly report released Wednesday.
Categories: Real Estate news

Home prices post record 18% drop

30 December 2008 - 7:06pm
Home prices posted another record decline in October, falling 18% in October compared with a year earlier, according to a closely watched monthly report released Tuesday.
Categories: Real Estate news

When good appliances go bad

26 December 2008 - 4:47pm
The hot water goes cold, the air conditioner goes hot or maybe the washing machine's spin cycle is starting to sound like a Harley-Davidson rally. Alas, your warranty on the appliance in question expired long ago. Suddenly you're faced with a tough, potentially pricey decision: fix the broken item or replace it? Repair would cost less in the short term, but you'd hate to invest in something that could spring another problem soon. These guidelines will help you decide.
Categories: Real Estate news

Refi madness

26 December 2008 - 1:09pm
Low interest rates are fueling a mortgage refinance frenzy as homeowners rush to lower their payments.
Categories: Real Estate news

When mortgage rescues go bad

23 December 2008 - 8:39pm
That lenders are ramping up their attempts to help troubled home borrowers stay in their homes is the good news.
Categories: Real Estate news

Home sales, prices in deep plunge

23 December 2008 - 8:09pm
The number of existing homes sold during November plummeted 8.6% as prices plunged by record amounts, according to a closely watched housing industry report issued Tuesday.
Categories: Real Estate news

Hope Now ramps up foreclosure-prevention

22 December 2008 - 7:14pm
Some 2.2 million at-risk homeowners will receive foreclosure-prevention help this year, according to an industry report issued Monday, with the number expected to rise to more than 3 million in 2009.
Categories: Real Estate news

10 worst housing markets for 2009

22 December 2008 - 2:51pm
The housing market hasn't bottomed out yet. Of the top 100 markets, here are 10 with the worst forecasts.
Categories: Real Estate news

Mortgage rates fall to 37-year low

18 December 2008 - 4:27pm
Mortgage rates fell this week, with the 30-year fixed mortgage sinking to its lowest rate in 37 years as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to historic lows.
Categories: Real Estate news

Hovnanian reports $450M quarterly loss

17 December 2008 - 2:35pm
Read full story for latest details.
Categories: Real Estate news

Mortgage rates hit 4 1/2 year low

16 December 2008 - 9:11pm
Mortgage rates fell again this week, following the government's efforts to assist the troubled housing market.
Categories: Real Estate news

Housing permits, starts at lowest

16 December 2008 - 9:01pm
Housing permits and starts fell to record lows in November, the government said Tuesday, in the latest sign that the housing market is continuing its decline.
Categories: Real Estate news

U.S. homes lose $2 trillion in value

16 December 2008 - 5:28pm
American homeowners will collectively lose more than $2 trillion in home value by the end of 2008, according to a report released Monday.
Categories: Real Estate news