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7 Metro Areas Riding a Housing Bounce

Those with a stake in the housing market will be eyeing the September reading of the S&P Case-Shiller home price index, which will offer some local resolution on the state of the housing recovery.

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Florida leads U.S. in foreclosures

Nearly one in five Florida home loans was either seriously behind in payments or in foreclosure during the third quarter of this year, an ominous sign for a nascent economic recovery now bracing for a surge of bank-owned properties

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In this real estate market, any big purchase stands out

When Dallas' TriGate Capital went hunting for a good real estate buy, the investment firm's search led to the courthouse steps.

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Bobb Wants Answers on Real Estate Deals

The ongoing battle between Detroit Public School Board and the Emergency Financial Manager is heating up again.

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Commercial Real Estate Up But Credit Still Tight

A real estate industry index measuring the commercial market rose in the third quarter from a 15-year low as credit availability remains a problem

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Scoop: Housing Bubbles: Americans Ignoring Reality?

Hard to believe 12% of all homes in America are vacant. Read the article about the reality of our housing market.

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A Change at GMAC as It Negotiates for Another Bailout

GMAC Financial Services, the former lending arm of General Motors, replaced its chief executive on Monday as it negotiates for another round of bailout financing from the federal government.

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Real estate industry eyes improved 2010

The real estate industry is cautiously expecting more favorable conditions in 2010, with help from the recently-extended tax credit for home buyers.

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Loan failures expected to hit mid-size regional banks

The banking industry's next headache - commercial real estate loan failures - is most likely to affect midsize regional banks, according to a Wall Street rating agency's report issued Monday. Most of

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Zell soothes fears over commercial real-estate crash

Forecasts of a precipitous crash in the commercial real estate market are way too pessimistic, industry titan Sam Zell has insisted, according to a report in Chicago Sun-Times.

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Real Estate - Small Signs of Optimism

The median price paid for a Bay Area home is $365,000, compared with $177,900 nationally. That regional median price peaked at $665,000 in June 2007.

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Small businesses downsize real estate, save money

There's a downsizing trend under way at many small businesses: Moving to smaller offices because of shrinking staffs and as more workers telecommute.

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GMAC Real Estate to be renamed

To be called Real Living following merger with Ohio-based company recently acquired by parent Brookfield Residential Property Services

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Home prices fall in 123 of 153 metro areas - BloggingStocks

Are we at the bottom? I don't think so!

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Fed’s Lockhart Says Commercial Real Estate May Weaken Recove

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said the economy will probably recover slowly from the deepest recession since the 1930s because of rising bank losses, especially in commercial real estate.

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Big Bird and the real estate agent

Washingtonpost.com blogger Liz Kelly dishes on the latest happenings in entertainment, celebrity, and Hollywood news.

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Lone Star Cuts Fees to Seed Up New Funds

John Grayken, head of real-estate private-equity giant Lone Star Funds, is doing what once would have seemed outlandish: Cutting some of his fees by more than 50%.

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Real Estate Tycoon at 24

Starting out as a residential property manager, he turned to buying and renting out such places himself. Then he expanded into high-volume flipping of single-family homes.

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Greatest real estate turnaround ever

Charlotte Street was an apocalyptic nightmare version of urban life. Weed-choked, junk-filled lots flanked the three-block stretch. Burned out tenement buildings punctuated the sky, and abandoned cars littered the landscape.

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Commercial real estate pros say no recovery until 2011

Commercial real estate pros say no recovery until 2011

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