By Andrea V. Brambila While national home prices and sales may not recover to their historical levels until 2013 at the earliest, some local housing markets always outperform others in any given year. In this second annual ... Read More »
By Andrew Scoggin New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit Friday against three of the nation's biggest banks and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems over allegedly fraudulent foreclosure ... Read More »
On the eve of the Nevada primary, in which housing policy will weigh heavily on residents of the foreclosure-ridden state, PBS' "Need to Know" takes a closer look at what the housing crisis looks and feels like for locals. In ... Read More »
By Camille Salama The NFL regular season is in the books. The AFC and NFC title games are done. Now it's up to the New England Patriots and New York Giants to whip the country into a lather when these two Northeastern ... Read More »
By Camille Salama The NFL regular season is in the books. The AFC and NFC title games are done. Now it's up to the New England Patriots and New York Giants to whip the country into a lather when these two Northeastern teams head for the ultimate NFL showdown. Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. 5, means ... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON -- The average rate on the 30-year-fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low, the ninth time that has happened in the last year. But even with the cheapest rates in history, the housing market remains depressed. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan dropped to 3.87 ... Continue Reading »
It may be Super Bowl weekend, but for diehard real estate hounds, it's also prime open house season. As the temperatures drop and some sellers call it quits, committed house hunters have first dibs on the homes still on the market -- and there are some real beauties out there. From a breathtaking Mediterranean with a ... Continue Reading »
A New York landlord is reportedly trying to jack up the rent of an absurdly small apartment that has drawn media attention for its miniscule dimensions in the past. The 12-by-7-foot apartment, nestled in the heart of Manhattan's Upper West Side, shelters Felice Cohen, who cherished the shoebox abode for its coveted ... Continue Reading »
With the Super Bowl signaling the end of pro football season, get ready for the spotlight to shift from the football field to the fate of the players themselves. Athletes' lives get the added scrutiny of a merciless public who demand to know: Who will be traded? To what team? Where will they be moving next? Enter the ... Continue Reading »
Not all cities are created equal, and some cities are certainly better than others when it comes to sports. The more major league sports teams a city has, the more a it has to offer to those who love the game. Additionally, the more successful a team, the happier its fans become. With this in mind, 24/7 Wall St. set out ... Continue Reading »
A report released today says that home prices slid by nearly 5 percent last year, but also indicates that most of the decline was due to distressed sales. CoreLogic's December Home Price Index found that home prices fell 4.7 percent in 2011 compared with December 2010, marking the fifth consecutive year of the housing ... Continue Reading »
The grass is always greener on the other side – even if said yard is located in one of the states hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis. A new report by listings company Trulia Inc. reveals that one in three home searches cross state lines, and seven out of 10 of the most popular real estate markets perused by ... Continue Reading »
There are several reason we dig these digs in Manhattan. One, it's located in the Upper East Side's landmarked modernist icon, the Manhattan House. Two, it's designed by the celebrated James Huniford, one of Architectural Digest's "Top 100 Designers," as part of his Modern Collection series. Plus, it's filled with ... Continue Reading »
Former college football coach Jim Tressel has sold his Upper Arlington, Ohio, mansion. Previously, Tressel coached Ohio State University's football team, but lost his job after revelations came to light that some of his players received more than $14,000 in payments or special treatment from the owner of a local tattoo ... Continue Reading »
A woman reportedly awoke to the wailing of a chainsaw as it ripped through her front door in Fitchburg, Mass., on Thursday. But, contrary to how the event might have appeared to some horror flick buffs, the culprit was not a villainous intruder set on wreaking unspeakable havoc. It was the FBI. "It was so crazy," ... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is trying to fix a stubborn drag on the economy by allowing millions more homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates, even if they owe more than their homes are worth -- tackling a difficult issue of vital concern in states key to President Barack Obama's ... Continue Reading »
