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New home sales rebound 24%

26 July 2010 - 12:08pm
New home sales rebounded in June from the record low hit the previous month but remained sluggish.
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America's Best Places to Live

26 July 2010 - 8:28am
These terrific small cities -- even now -- boast plenty of jobs, great schools, safe streets, low crime, lots to do, and more. See Money's top 100 -- including detailed city profiles, homes for sale, and job openings.
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Existing home sales fall 5.1%

26 July 2010 - 8:18am
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.
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Bankruptcy can save your house from foreclosure

24 July 2010 - 7:58am
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?
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For sale: Jim Morrison's L.A. bungalow

23 July 2010 - 9:06am
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.
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Best Places: 25 youngest

23 July 2010 - 6:32am
In Provo, Utah, the median age is under 23. What cities have a median age even younger?
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Best Places: Where homes are priciest

22 July 2010 - 8:13am
A home in Greenwich, Conn., will set you back $1 million. Where are prices even higher?
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Best Places: 25 hottest

22 July 2010 - 6:30am
What city swelters with average July temperatures over 105 degrees?
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Foreclosures swamp Nantucket

21 July 2010 - 2:23pm
In the past decade, Nantucket Island has served as a barometer for the fortunes of Wall Street. The glass cracked after years of unsustainable pressures. But almost by magic, the barometer is rising once more even as something new and unexpected has come to the summer paradise: foreclosures, short sales, failed auctions, and a skinnier municipal budget. And while financiers can cut and run, it's the locals who are being hardest hit.
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Best Places to Live in your state

21 July 2010 - 7:08am
California is home to 4 cities in the top 100 this year. See the best places to live in your favorite state.
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400,000 receive mortgage mods

20 July 2010 - 11:47am
Some 51,205 troubled homeowners received long-term mortgage modifications under President Obama's foreclosure prevention program in June, bringing the total to 389,198 since the program began in the spring of 2009.
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New home construction drops, but outlook brightens

20 July 2010 - 11:00am
New home construction fell to the lowest level of the year in June, but there were indications of increased activity in coming months, the government said Tuesday.
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Best home deals in 10 Best Places

20 July 2010 - 6:56am
Itching to move to one of our top 10 cities? You might score a real-estate bargain, too.
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25 Best Places for job growth

16 July 2010 - 2:38pm
No. 8 Broomfield County, Colo., saw jobs soar 50% in the past nine years. Where has there been even more growth?
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Credit score below 500? No FHA home loan

16 July 2010 - 10:36am
The once wide-open doorway to homeownership closed a teensy bit more this week when a key government agency announced a proposal to no longer allow mortgages for borrowers with very low credit scores.
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Price cuts galore on mega-mansions

16 July 2010 - 6:34am
For deep-pocketed plutocrats purchasing trophy homes, times are good. There is a glut of mega-mansions on the market -- at deep discounts.
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Foreclosures fall 5%

15 July 2010 - 6:30am
The foreclosure plague seems to have reached its peak and started to fade, but the recovery is still fragile.
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Home-buying loan applications at 13-year low

14 July 2010 - 5:28am
Mortgage applications to buy a home plunged last week - to the lowest level in more than 13 years - as the housing recovery continued to struggle following the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit, an industry group said Wednesday.
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Real estate's accidental recovery

13 July 2010 - 2:07pm
Back in 2009, when there was no market for securitizations and credit was still mostly frozen, a group of experts including Paul Volcker called for a return to an old strategy as a way out of the financial crisis: Start up another Resolution Trust Corp.
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A home for LeBron

8 July 2010 - 12:17pm
We can't help the NBA superstar decide which team he should play for. But we do know a thing or two about real estate. Some house hunting tips for King James.
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