The usual suspects led the list of top cities for foreclosure filings during the last three months.
More than 20% of the nation's mortgage borrowers owe more than their homes are worth.
The foreclosure plague may have finally reached its peak in April 2010 -- but don't expect delinquency statistics to plummet anytime soon.
Fewer cities reported severe unemployment in February, according to a government report released Wednesday.
Despite signs that the real estate market might be lurching forward, prices are expected to fall further this year and next.
The number of U.S. metropolitan areas with jobless rates above 15% increased in December, according to government figures released Tuesday.
Cities in the so-called Sand States dominated the foreclosure rankings in 2009, with the 20 worst-hit metro areas residing in Nevada, Florida, California and Arizona.
Foreclosure filings fell by 8% in November, making it the fourth consecutive month of improvement in the housing market.
While foreclosure rates are easing in some of the hardest-hit cities, the crisis is beginning to expand into new metro areas.
Americans have tamed their wanderlust during this recession, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Only about 2.4% of Americans moved from state to state in 2008, down from 2.5% the previous year.
Nearly half the nation's mortgage borrowers will soon owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, according to a new report.
Your home value has sunk like a stone, and you're so far underwater you'll have to hold your breath for years. Can you at least get a break on your property taxes?
Foreclosures in April exceeded even March's blistering pace with a record 342,000 homes receiving notices of default, auction notices or undergoing bank repossessions, according to a regular industry report.
The 26 cities with the highest foreclosure rate in the nation are all located in four hard-hit states, with Las Vegas topping the list, according to a report released Wednesday.
The foreclosure picture suddenly darkened again in February.
Tony from L.A. was badly outnumbered. A rotund bloke in a cycling jersey that fit him like a sausage casing, he was leaning over the asphalt in front of the Rabobank bus near the start of Stage 4 of the Tour of California. In orange chalk, he was spelling out the names of the Rabo riders such as Robert Gesink, Oscar Freire and Peter Weening.
Real estate values around the nation have collapsed, and sales of foreclosed and "underwater" homes now dominate many housing markets, according to a report released Tuesday.
American homeowners will collectively lose more than $2 trillion in home value by the end of 2008, according to a report released Monday.
More homeowners than ever are selling at a loss, propelling the real estate market deeper into crisis.
The foreclosure juggernaut lurched forward in July as banks took back 77,295 homes - up 8% in a month and 183% in a year, a report issued Thursday shows.
The number of Americans losing their homes to foreclosure continued to soar in June, according to a report released Thursday.
The housing crisis grew worse in May, as more than 73,000 American families lost their homes to bank repossessions, up a staggering 158% from the 28,548 households that were dispossessed in May 2007.
U.S. foreclosure filings reached a record high in April, rising almost 65% over the previous year and putting municipalities at risk by cutting into the value of taxed property, according to a study released Wednesday.
Despite the housing slump, most middle income workers still don't earn enough to buy a median-priced home in their hometowns, according to the Center for Housing Policy.
A new read on foreclosure filings showed a double-digit drop for November, but don't expect the slowdown to last.
CNN's Gerri Willis looks at how you can preserve your home's value during the current mortgage crisis.
The mortgage meltdown will take a heavy toll on home prices in 2008 with declines expected to average 7 percent across the nation and lost property value of $1.2 trillion, according to the United States Conference of Mayors.
The number of foreclosure filings across the country dropped in September, falling 8 percent from a 32-month high in August, according to a regular monthly survey.
Home loan rates
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CNN's Gerri Willis offers tips on getting the best interest rates in the uncertain mortgage market.
Home prices increased during the three months ended June 30, albeit only slightly, according to the latest quarterly report from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO).
The flood of foreclosure filings showed no sign of let-up in July, according to the latest data from RealtyTrac, the online marketer of foreclosure properties.
Business 2.0: Where Not to Buyupdated: Tue Feb 13 2007 11:24:00
Now that we've pointed out which markets are poised for a bull run in the next cycle, we'd be remiss if we didn't also offer some guidance on which locales look the most vulnerable right now. So we...
These 10 overvalued cities have run their course and home prices are expected to drop in 2007, reports Business 2.0 Magazine in its November 2006 issue.
Business 2.0: Where not to buyupdated: Tue Oct 24 2006 18:07:00
Now that we've pointed out which markets are poised for a bull run in the next cycle, we'd be remiss if we didn't also offer some guidance on which locales look the most vulnerable right now.
When it comes to affordable housing, no region can top the Midwest: Nine of the top ten of the nation's most affordable housing markets are there, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.
The rich have gotten richer, at least when it comes to home prices, according to a study released Monday.
Sixty-five of the nation's 299 biggest real estate markets are severely overpriced and subject to possible price corrections.
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