Mortgage-free living lures the young and old
What mortgage meltdown? While millions of Americans have suffered the angst of lost homes, equity and pride, nearly a third of the nation's homeowners have no mortgage at all, according...
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A new take on rent-versus-buy debate
Real estate website Zillow has a provocative data point for every renter thinking about buying these days: That move pays off after just three years on average nationwide. The company,...
A surge in housing demand
The newest problem for the slowly improving housing market isn't a shortage of serious buyers, it's a shortage of good homes. Would-be buyers are packing open houses and scrambling to...
A homeowner fought foreclosure and won
Foreclosure commonly represents the end of a struggle. A borrower can't pay a mortgage, loses a home and moves on. But Karen Mena, a 38-year-old county worker, never gave up....
Potential buyers stuck in neutral
Back in the frothy days of 2007, Luciano Mor needed only a weekend and a Craigslist ad to find a buyer for his two-bedroom starter home. The split-level house, on...
New-home sales fall to record low
Sales of newly built U.S. homes collapsed in May, the government said Wednesday, falling to their lowest level on record and stirring concerns among economists that the housing market would...
New-home sales fall to record low
Sales of newly built U.S. homes collapsed in May, the government said Wednesday, falling to their lowest level on record and stirring concerns among economists that the housing market would...
Bank of America sues First American
It has been well documented that during the subprime-loan era, lenders took all kinds of shortcuts, such as failing to verify borrowers' employment or income, to sell mortgages. Now, Bank...