By Marcie Geffner
Mortgage interest rates, near all-time lows, are likely to remain attractive throughout 2012. That means opportunities for new homebuyers and for homeowners who want to refinance.
Here are five reasons why you might want to get a new mortgage, and what you should know.
While depressed housing prices and low mortgage rates have […]

By Tara-Nicholle Nelson
This year, we’ve covered the ups and downs, tips and tricks, insider secrets and need-to-knows of real estate this year for buyers, sellers, owners and renters - now it’s time to highlight the best. The year’s most-read stories carry valuable real estate insights (with a healthy dose of realism) into 2012.
Just in […]

SATELLITE TOUR OF FORECLOSURES

THIS IS A STARTLING SET OF PICTURES!
Note: The red dots show homes currently in foreclosure. The slide title describes the fraction of homes that received foreclosure filings in 2010
Although some of the worst hit areas in Nevada, California and Florida improved from 2009, the foreclosure rate in these areas remains high.
For a way […]

by Phoebe Chongchua
As the year winds down, Zillow Real Estate Market Reports releases some optimistic news. While U.S. home values continue to drop, the year-over-year basis represents a 5.1 percent decline, “the rate of monthly depreciation has stabilized around -0.2 percent to -0.3 percent over the last few months,” reports Zillow.
This is a bit of […]

By Tara-Nicholle Nelson
By now, nearly five years after the real estate market meltdown began, you’d think virtually no housing consumer has been unaffected. To start, more than 5 million homes have been foreclosed and repossessed by lenders; 10 million homeowners are underwater (owing more on their homes than the homes are worth); and untold millions […]