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5/24/2012 10:10 AM

This 40-acre property dating back to the 1920s includes four houses, a two-story barn and charms for a home restoration buff....Read More

Buyback of Loans Forced on BofA

5/23/2012 9:13 PM

Freddie Mac forced Bank of America to buy back $330 million of mortgages originated over the past two years after the mortgage-finance giant challenged the lender over technical issues with how the loans were manufactured...Read More

New-Home Sales Fuel Optimism on Housing

5/23/2012 6:26 PM

Sales of newly built homes in the U.S. increased in April, another sign that the long-struggling housing sector is finding its footing...Read More

Pieces of a Mansion Puzzle on Block

5/23/2012 11:32 PM

The dream was to eventually unite all of the nine apartments in the building at 828 Fifth Ave., recreating the original single-family mansion with its large public rooms restored....Read More

Rise in Home Sales Points to Rebound

5/22/2012 9:35 PM

Sales of previously owned homes rose at a robust clip in April—and prices jumped—the latest indications that the hard-hit housing market is recovering....Read More

Simon Property CEO Pay Rejected

5/22/2012 10:54 AM

Shareholders in Simon Property rejected an eight-year compensation package awarded to Chief Executive David Simon, which included an annual base salary of $1.25 million and stock awards valued at $132 million over the eight-year term....Read More

Private Properties

5/18/2012 3:46 PM

Celine Dion lists a private Canadian island for $29.3 million; Ryan Seacrest is in escrow to buy Ellen DeGeneres's home for $37 million; a midtown Manhattan duplex lists for $12 million...Read More

A Riverfront Jaguar Lair

5/17/2012 7:17 PM

This 14,000-square-foot house on the St. Johns River is coming up for auction on May 24 with no minimum bid. The owners used to own the Jacksonville Jaguars football team, thus the painting of three jaguars that hangs over the fireplace in the living room and which comes with the house...Read More

Chelsea's Perennial Inspiration

5/18/2012 10:49 AM

If last year was about big, manly architectural statements at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, this year is about exploring the softer, more sensual side of gardening, with smells and sounds featuring heavily in show spaces...Read More

Well-Heeled Renters Find Tight Market

5/18/2012 8:31 PM

It is a boom time for the few developers smart enough or lucky enough to be bringing new luxury rental buildings onto the market now, in one of the tightest spring rental markets in years...Read More

Real Estate News:

Debt collecting with a heart

5/1/2012 1:59 PM

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Nathan has something in common with the underwater homeowners he tries to help: The 30-year-old debt mediator and collections specialist has been there himself. Four years ago, as the financial word became unhinged, Nathan lost his job as a home-improvement consultant...

Md. transportation secretary steps down

4/30/2012 5:11 PM

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley, the first woman to lead the department, said Monday she is stepping down from her post July 1 after 25 years of service. The 55-year-old didn't say what she plans to do next. "I'm getting to a place in my...

Mass. AG announces foreclosure prevention plan

4/25/2012 1:28 PM

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has announced an initiative designed to prevent foreclosures by increasing the number of loan modification specialists available to distressed borrowers and offering a number of grant opportunities Coakley's "HomeCorps" program is...

Foreclosures squeezing US home prices and sales

4/24/2012 1:51 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising foreclosures are weighing on the U.S. housing market, reducing prices and keeping new-home sales weak. Foreclosed homes are usually sold at steep discounts, thereby lowering average prices. And by expanding the supply of low-priced previously occupied homes, foreclosures...

Report: Nevada 1st in kids affected by foreclosure

4/18/2012 5:58 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nearly one in five children in Nevada is affected by foreclosure, the highest rate in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday by a national children's advocacy group. In all, 7 percent of the nation's children, or more than 8 million youths, are struggling...

Top 20 states by foreclosure rate in March

4/11/2012 11:15 PM

A list of the top 20 states with the highest foreclosure rates in March. The ratio shows, for example, that one out of every 300 households in Arizona received a foreclosure notice during the month. Also highlighted: the number of properties that received notices. Rate rank State Ratio of...

Inspector General: Foreclosure aid program flawed

4/11/2012 11:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department rushed out a major revamp of its foreclosure-prevention program in 2010, limiting the plan's ability to help people who are unemployed or owe more than their homes are worth, a government watchdog says. Treasury's Hardest Hit Fund, which...

IMF notes failures of US foreclosure programs

4/10/2012 5:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's struggle to stem the U.S. foreclosure crisis illustrates how high household debt can slow recovery from a deep recession, according to the International Monetary Fund. The global lending organization cited the failure of the administration's...

Summary Box: IMF notes US foreclosure failures

4/10/2012 4:47 PM

IMF REPORT: The International Monetary Fund said in a report Tuesday that the U.S. government's response to the mortgage foreclosure crisis has been inadequate. GOALS UNMET: The IMF said that fewer than 1 million mortgages had been modified under the Home Affordable Modification Program, or...

Study: Arts industry shows signs of recovery

4/10/2012 11:50 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A national study on the arts industry's health shows arts businesses are beginning to recover from the declines of the Great Recession. The National Arts Index released Tuesday by Americans for the Arts is based on government and private data collected between 1998 and...