How to Find Out Who Owns a Gun Permit: Learn If Your Neighbors Are Packing Heat" alt="How to Find Out Who Owns a Gun Permit: Learn If Your Neighbors Are Packing Heat" />

A controversial map recently published by The Journal News newspaper in New York marked one of the latest reactions to the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The map disclosed the identities of all pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties. While the move rankled many, it also highlighted a ... Continue Reading »

Real Estate 2012: The Year the Housing Market Turned the Corner" alt="Real Estate 2012: The Year the Housing Market Turned the Corner" />

2012 will probably be considered the year that a sinking housing market finally hit bottom and began to rise again. Home prices, home sales and new home construction all substantially increased amid shrinking inventory and record-low mortgage rates. Adding to the drama (and perhaps aiding the recovery): Lenders finally ... Continue Reading »

Process Servers Say Foreclosure Crisis Puts Them in Greater Danger" alt="Process Servers Say Foreclosure Crisis Puts Them in Greater Danger" />

Process server Michael Root says that he knows how angry foreclosure notices can make homeowners -- because one property owner almost killed him and members of his family. As it turned out, Root wasn't even bringing a foreclosure notice when, he said, he was attacked in June by a homeowner in Wingdale, N.Y.; it was a ... Continue Reading »

Bel-Air Mansion Asks for a 'Discriminating Buyer' -- That Has $45 Million (House of the Day)" alt="Bel-Air Mansion Asks for a 'Discriminating Buyer' -- That Has $45 Million (House of the Day)" />

Our pal @Ryan_Estately (of listing service Estately) finally pulled through this week, clinching a much-deserved #housepornthurs win by submitting this mind-blowing listing. Nestled into a neighborhood of luxury, this Bel-Air, Calif., mansion is slated for completion in 2014. But even though that's more than a year ... Continue Reading »

HUD Mortgage Sale Could Help Thousands of FHA-Insured Borrowers but Unfairly Exclude Others" alt="HUD Mortgage Sale Could Help Thousands of FHA-Insured Borrowers but Unfairly Exclude Others" />

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has begun selling off thousands of seriously delinquent mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration, a move that could save many distressed borrowers from losing their homes. But it also leaves thousands more who are saddled with equally distressed FHA ... Continue Reading »