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A tracking firm says the median home price in California increased more than 2 percent last month from September to its highest level in nearly a year.
The median home price in Southern California rose nearly 2 percent last month from September, as the inventory of homes for sale continued to shrink and lenders worked to avoid fresh foreclosures, a tracking firm said Tuesday.
This holiday season, many travelers will be able to keep a close eye on home.
Beazer Homes USA Inc. reported its first quarterly profit since 2006 on Tuesday and credited more stable home prices and cost cuts for a marked improvement in the homebuilder's gross margins.
Homebuilder Beazer Homes USA Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments in the period.
Pulte Homes Inc. lost $361.4 million in the third quarter, but with the acquisition of Centex Corp., the homebuilder's new orders increased by more than a third.
New York lawmakers brought the nation's top housing official through some of Buffalo's most forlorn neighborhoods Friday, seeking support for a $300 million program to help cities with vast stocks of vacant housing that predate the nation's foreclosure crisis.
The number of homes sold in California last month ticked up last month from August, as low mortgage rates and eagerness to cash in on a soon-to-expire tax credit fueled activity in a normally sluggish time for home buying, a tracking firm said Thursday.
ELKHART, Ind. - Anthony and Carolyn Hunt don’t know how many jobs a $3 million federal stimulus grant to prevent lead poisoning in young children will bring to their county, but to them that’s beside the point.
Home sales in California are expected to dip next year, bucking the national trend, as unemployment and the loss of a tax incentive for homebuyers weigh on the country's largest housing market, a forecast Wednesday showed.
A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report.
A million dollars doesn't buy you what it once did. In most U.S. neighborhoods, it now gets you a lot more.
The White House is considering extending an $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers.
The median home price in Southern California increased about 1 percent in July from June, marking a third consecutive month-to-month gain, a tracking firm said Tuesday.
Beazer Homes USA Inc. said Thursday it cut its fiscal third-quarter loss sharply, largely because of a gain from a reduction in its debt load, and the homebuilder noted new home order trends showed signs of improvement.
When Vicky Black's one-story home in Port Richey, Fla., was on the market, prospective buyers told her they liked it. Unfortunately, they made negative comments about her neighbor's home, which has a stone lawn and little curb appeal.
Ready or not, states are getting a tenfold boost in federal money to weatherize drafty homes, an increase so huge it has raised fears of waste and fraud and set off a scramble to find workers and houses for them to repair.
FBI agents raided a pair of multimillion-dollar homes owned by a young Cleveland businessman's financial company, hauling away computers, documents, furniture, cars and other belongings.
Federal prosecutors in North Carolina filed criminal fraud conspiracy charges against Beazer Homes USA on Wednesday, but they agreed to dismiss the case if the company complies with an agreement accepting responsibility for certain wrongdoing and pays millions to victims.
David Brown Kinloch could have lived elsewhere, but he chose to move into an abandoned home in a distressed Louisville neighborhood that others were leaving in droves.
The government is urging parents and homebuilders to make their homes more healthy by getting rid of lead paint, mold, and other hazards.
Trying to make the best of a bad situation, federal officials might use foreclosed homes as temporary housing for hurricane evacuees in Florida as soon as this summer.
Beazer Mortgage Corp., which ceased operations more than a year ago, will refund $2.5 million to more than a thousand borrowers in North Carolina as part of a settlement over claims the Atlanta-based company violated state lending laws, state banking and company officials said Tuesday.
Pulte Homes Inc. says its first-quarter loss improved versus a year ago as the homebuilder cut costs and absorbed smaller losses from declining value of its land and other assets.
Pulte Homes Inc. is buying Centex Corp. for $1.3 billion in stock in a deal that will create the nation's largest homebuilder that caters to everyone from first-time homebuyers to grandparents looking to move into retirement communities.
Israel approves new homes in east JerusalemIsrael approved the construction of hundreds of new housing units in annexed east Jerusalem on Tuesday, driving another stake into troubled US efforts to restart Middle East peace talks.
Insurers dropping Chinese drywall policiesJames and Maria Ivory's dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida's Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes.
3 Thanksgiving superfoods you shouldn't skipIt wouldn't be Turkey Day without these classic ingredients, but there are excellent reasons to eat them on other days, too: They're delicious, easy to cook, and each happens to be a nutritional superstar.
New flood maps bring good, bad news Some will see insurance changesBy the time flood zone maps are updated in parts of the Merrimack Valley and the North Shore over the next two years, there will be good and bad news for many residents.
Pacifica Senior Living Sun City Sun City CenterPacifica-California Corporation has purchased assisted-living facilities in several states. The facility that I am most experienced with, is located in Sun City Center/Ruskin, Fl.
Tot missing for 5 days found alive under bedA tot missing for five days has been found alive under her baby sitter's bed, authorities said early Thursday. Police said three people had been detained in the case.
Ruling could undo thousands of foreclosuresA real estate judge is refusing to reverse a landmark ruling that opens the door to voiding tens of thousands of Bay State foreclosures dating as far back as 1989.
America's Strange Homes For SaleThese are not cookie-cutter colonials. Instead, in some parts of the country, cliff-side compounds and remodeled lighthouses are being listed
At foreclosure auctions, broken dreams on sale CHICAGO (Reuters) – The seven-bedroom, three-bath house in this city's West Garfield Park neighborhood had once been someone's American Dream.
Home Sales Falter After a 4-Month Gain - NYTimes.comSales of previously owned homes fell unexpectedly last month, an industry group reported Thursday, showing that a budding recovery in the housing market remained weak. A four-month streak of improvements in sales of existing homes gave way to a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent di …
Floridians paying more for housingDespite the fact that the home prices have taken a deep dive, Floridians are finding that housing is still unaffordable. What's more, people are spending more of their money on mortgages or rent.
Black bears raid homes of the wealthy in Aspen after berry shortage A series of violent break-ins at multimillion-dollar homes in Aspen, Colorado, has left some residents of the wealthy ski resort afraid to go to bed at night.
Stately homes paying the bills with sexy parties - Times Orgies, S&M holidays and erotic film shoots. Some of the bizarre ways the owners of our grandest houses are surviving
'The Forecast Calls for Pain': Despite Hopes, Anxiety Bedevils HousingThis morning came a fresh reminder that foreclosures and anxiety still bedevil the U.S. housing market, despite many investors' hopes for an imminent rebound.
Home raffles: creative or illegal? How would you like to have the chance to own a gorgeous, brand new South Tampa mansion for 50 bucks?
'Ferris Bueller' house, 3 Wright homes on new list of endangered IL landmarksA Highland Park home and pavilion made famous in the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," and three Frank Lloyd Wright-designed houses were named on Wednesday as some of the Chicago area's most endangered places. Built from 1952 until 1954 and designed by architect A.
Mortgage Rates Are Going Up!According to Freddie Mac, mortgage rates went up this week again over 5 percent.
Water main break causes flooding in L.A. areaAuthorities say a burst water main in the Los Angeles suburb of Studio City has forced people out of their homes and flooded the famous Ventura Boulevard.
5.5M window covers recalled after child deathsIn the wake of three child deaths and the near strangulation of seven other children, federal authorities and several businesses announced Wednesday that nearly 5.5 million hazardous window shades and blinds are being recalled immediately.
Firefighters win battle against Athens blazesA wildfire that torched forests, farmland and homes near Athens has been contained, but firefighters still patrolled smoldering areas near the Greek capital on Tuesday to guard against flareups.
Crazy Good Homes Amazing Stupendous LOOKHere is a site I dug up just for my friends at Newsvine. This site contains literally hundreds of pictures of unusual homes from around the world. Prepare to be amazed. The more you click around on this site, the more you will enjoy this article.
Tipped Truck Plows Crane Between HomesA crane slams between two homes in the Arlington area, but officials say no one was hurt and the crane will be removed once daylight breaks Thursday.
Tweet! Tweet! How to attract songbirds at homeBackyard bird watching is a fairly simple exercise. Provide enough food, water and cover, and birds will come flocking. Playing favorites, though, calls for using the right kinds of incentives.
Out of Reach 2009: Housing, The Crisis At HandThe foreclosure crisis has been the housing story since 2007. When it began, the story seemed simple enough: Some owners had taken out loans they could not afford, home values dropped, and, lacking the ability to refinance or sell for a profit, foreclosure followed.
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