For the growing number of struggling homeowners in this country, more help is on the way. Additional aid from the federal government will begin making its way to them next month -- one program would help qualified homeowners refinance their mortgages after seeing their property values fall below the amount they owe, and the other includes another round of funding to help the unemployed or underemployed with their payments.Housing quagmire: Is it time to remove relief? CNN, 31 August 2010
For the growing number of struggling homeowners in this country, more help is on the way. Additional aid from the federal government will begin making its way to them next month -- one program would help qualified homeowners refinance their mortgages after seeing their property values fall below the amount they owe, and the other includes another round of funding to help the unemployed or underemployed with their payments.Foreclosures rise in July 31 August 2010
July foreclosures in Massachusetts spiked nearly 80 percent year over year to more than 1,200 foreclosures, according to a new report from the Warren Group.
Portland home price increase lags nation 31 August 2010
U.S. home prices rose an average of 4.2 percent in June. However, the good news is likely temporary as more recent indicators suggest the residential real estate market is cooling since the expiration of a federal tax credit worth up to $8,000.
Home prices continue fall in Tampa 31 August 2010
Home prices across the nation?s largest 20 markets are on the rise, but in the Greater Tampa area, they continue to fall.
Twin Cities home prices rise 2.5 percent 31 August 2010
Home prices in the Twin Cities metro area rose 2.5 percent from May to June, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index report released Tuesday.
Only Las Vegas worse for home prices: Study 31 August 2010
Seventeen of the largest 20 U.S. metro markets showed an increase in home prices in June over May, but Seattle wasn?t one of them.
Atlanta home prices rise 2% in June 31 August 2010
Metro Atlanta?s house prices once again showed another month of steady improvement in June, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released Tuesday.
S&P/Case-Shiller: Charlotte home prices fall 2.7% 31 August 2010
Homes prices in the Charlotte market fell 2.7 percent in June from a year earlier. But June?s prices rose 0.7 percent from the May level, according to the Standard & Poor?s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index.