Jan 26th 2012 10:00AM
LOS ANGELES -- Foreclosures made up a smaller slice of all U.S. homes sold in last year's third quarter, as banks delayed placing properties for sale and home sales slowed. Despite the decline, foreclosures still represented 20 percent of all homes sold in the July-September period -- about four times more than at the... Continue Reading »
Jan 12th 2012 12:10AM
After a year marred by red tape and mortgage lender malfeasance, foreclosure activity in 2011 fell to the lowest annual rate since the housing crisis began more than four years ago, according to data released Thursday. Foreclosure filings -- which include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions -- were... Continue Reading »
Dec 26th 2011 9:00AM
It seemed like a race to the bottom this year: Along with continued declines in property values, every season seemed to see another record low in interest rates -- though fewer-than-expected buyers were inclined to take advantage. Also on the way down or stuck in the cellar: the number of Americans who expected to... Continue Reading »
Nov 24th 2011 8:10AM
Finding things to be thankful for in real estate this year requires a little creativity, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving, here goes our list of things and people for which we are grateful: 1. We are grateful for still having our homes. There were at least 2.7 million foreclosures in the past five years and another 3.1... Continue Reading »
Nov 22nd 2011 1:00PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- A criminal investigation into mortgage swindlers has expanded beyond deceptive advertising on Google's Internet search engine to root out con artists who were luring their victims on Bing and Yahoo, too. Monday's news of the widening probe confirmed that the Internet's three largest search engines had... Continue Reading »
