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Few grand and a few days? Get a perfect home	3/17/2010 12:37 PM
Hate the mess your home has deteriorated into but you don't have the time or means to do a comprehensive redecorating job? Or maybe it's time to sell your place, but you don't know how to show it off to best effect?
The three-figure kitchen makeover	3/12/2010 4:57 AM
Living with an undersize, outdated kitchen? If so, a sledgehammer may feel like the only solution. But these days you're probably not up for spending the $50,000 or more -- maybe much more -- it would cost to demolish the space and build a new state-of-the-art room from scratch.
America's most overvalued cities	1/27/2010 6:56 AM
Don't say we didn't warn you.
Mortgage help: 170,000 get aid	3/12/2010 5:29 PM
More than 170,000 troubled homeowners are breathing a lasting sigh of relief now that they've received permanent modifications under the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program.
Foreclosures leveling off	3/11/2010 11:04 AM
The national foreclosure rate fell 2% in February from a month earlier, according to an industry report released Thursday, the latest sign that the pace of foreclosures is slowing.
Foreclosures: How bad is your state?	3/5/2009 11:34 AM

Green homes face a red light	3/10/2010 3:38 AM
Lots of people, especially those trying to battle high utility bills, believe in energy-efficient homebuilding.
Can't make your mortgage? Get an emergency loan	3/8/2010 3:37 PM
Erin and Robert Smith had no problem handling the $2,000 monthly payment on their home ... until they lost their jobs.
Rush Limbaugh wants $14 million for his NYC penthouse	3/3/2010 1:27 PM
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is saying adios to the Big Apple and selling his Fifth Avenue penthouse, asking almost $14 million.
A plan to save commercial real estate	3/5/2010 3:19 PM
Economists have long been predicting commercial real estate could be the next day of reckoning for the financial markets, with a wave of defaults looming as billions of dollars in troubled loans come due in the coming months.
Nab a real estate deal - while you still can	3/3/2010 5:46 AM
If you've been holding off on a real estate purchase, glimmers of a turnaround in the housing market may have you wondering if it's finally time to make your move.
Cashing in on the condo bust	3/8/2010 1:52 PM
Great bargains abound, but you have to shop carefully.
Existing home sales drop	2/26/2010 10:41 AM
Sales of existing homes unexpectedly fell in January, according to an industry report published Friday.
Duck! Watch out for falling home prices	2/25/2010 9:09 AM
Despite signs that the real estate market might be lurching forward, prices are expected to fall further this year.
New home sales fall to a record low	2/24/2010 11:41 AM
Sales of new homes plunged in January to the lowest level on record, government figures showed Wednesday.
Fannie to U.S.: We need another $15.3 billion	2/26/2010 5:36 PM
Battered by the housing crisis, mortgage finance company Fannie Mae said Friday that it needs another $15.3 billion in bailout money from the federal government.
Mortgage servicers offer aid plan for jobless	2/25/2010 4:16 PM
The Mortgage Bankers Association proposed a forbearance program Wednesday aimed at helping the unemployed pay their mortgages for up to nine months.
Nearly 25% of all mortgages are underwater	2/24/2010 7:14 AM
More bad news on the housing bust front: Nearly 25% of all mortgage borrowers were underwater, meaning they more on their loans than their homes are worth.
Home prices fall another 2.5%	2/23/2010 11:59 AM
Home prices fell just 2.5% during the last three month of 2009 compared with the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a closely watched gauge of home price movement. That was a big improvement over the past three years.
The boy who cried housing recovery!	2/22/2010 11:45 AM
Lowe's reported a better-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter on Monday, and the nation's second-largest home-improvement retailer indicated that 2010 would be a better year for the housing market.

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