It's an illuminating idea which its creators hope will help drive up energy efficiency and bring down buildings' carbon emissions.
The golden age for foreclosure squatters may soon be coming to an end now that the $26 billion mortgage settlement has been approved.
The housing collapse has dramatically changed the nation's foreclosure landscape.
This holiday week hasn't been a happy one for Groupon. Its shares took a major hit for two days in a row.
LinkedIn had a banner debut back in May, with shares nearly tripling in early trade and closing at more than double their initial price. But now the game has changed.
Home prices in July climbed for the fourth month in a row, but are still down from a year ago.
Home prices made a comeback during the second quarter, but the struggling housing market isn't out of the woods yet.
Business social network LinkedIn released its first financial results since its initial public offering in May, and reported a surprise profit on sales that beat analysts expectations.
Shares of real estate site Zillow shot up 120% early in its public debut Wednesday, though they cooled a bit as the day continued.
With Apple crushing estimates and VMware raising guidance, technology stocks grabbed the attention of investors on Wednesday.
It's an extreme buyer's market -- and home values could fall another 5% by year-end. Here's how to meet the challenge faster, cheaper and better.
CNN's Sandra Endo reports a new survey shows a dip in home values, which means financial difficulty for many homeowners.
The fallen value of Nancy Logan's home is making her chances of keeping it seem next to impossible. So the single mom sought an audience with the president of the United States.
The number of foreclosure filings issued in April plunged 34% from a year ago -- the seventh straight month of declines.
Real estate site Zillow.com filed for a $51.75 million initial public offering Monday.
Is our long national foreclosure nightmare ending?
Home prices are down but sales are up, somewhat contradictory trends.
Foreclosure filings plunged in January, but don't shake those pom-poms yet. It's strictly a fake out.
Sometime, somehow, the foreclosure crisis will ease. But probably not anytime soon.
Can't sell your home for a decent price? You're not alone.
With a little advance planning, trick-or-treaters can score king-sized Kit Kats -- and avoid boxes of raisins -- in their candy buckets.
CNNMoney: Get a good mortgageupdated: Tue Oct 05 2010 10:02:00
If you own your home, your house is your biggest asset, and often your biggest investment.
More than 20% of the nation's mortgage borrowers owe more than their homes are worth.
Can it be possible? Despite the housing bust and high foreclosure rates, in some areas real estate agents are complaining that they don't have enough homes to sell.
It seems even the White House isn't immune to the nationwide housing slump.
American homeowners will have lost nearly $500 billion in home value by year's end.
The lights are on in the housing market. But at more and more places, nobody's home.
Fewer people are underwater on their mortgages -- further evidence that the real estate free-fall may be slowing.
If you're a house hunter in Florida, prepare to haggle. The Sunshine State is the easiest place to negotiate a price cut on your new home.
You know that your home's value has tanked. So why doesn't the blasted tax man? Home prices fell 27% from the 2006 peak to the end of 2008, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Index, while the amount municipalities collected in property taxes rose 12% from 2006 to 2008.
You know the part of the classic wedding ceremony in which couples vow to stick together "for richer, for poorer"? Well, a lot of spouses lately are really putting the latter part of that promise to the test.
Homes continue to be more affordable than they have been in nearly two decades.
When the easy money was flowing, you could get a great deal on a mortgage from just about anyone. But in today's credit-challenged world, all the avenues for finding a mortgage come with their own set of problems.
Americans saw $1.3 trillion of wealth vaporize in the first quarter of 2009, as the stock market and home values continued to decline, according to a government report released Thursday.
Fortune: The wizards of appsupdated: Wed May 13 2009 09:42:00
After six months in development, Zillow's new iPhone application - a data-intensive program that marries the gadget's GPS functionality with the real estate site's property-value estimates, or Zestimates - was finally ready for the light of day.
More than 20% of American homeowners owe more on their mortgage debt than they can sell their homes for, according to an industry report released Wednesday.
The real estate market is so awful that buyers are now scooping up homes for as little as $1,000.
When Brian Gavitt, a physician, and his wife Gayleen, a stay-at-home mom, started to eye homes in Sacramento last winter, they knew they were looking in the hardest-hit areas of the housing bust. So the couple, who were relocating from Lansing, figured they could land a fantastic bargain in no time at all.
Making smart choices in this difficult economy requires timely information. Gerri answers three of our readers' questions.
In Mesa, Ariz., President Obama picked an appropriate place to talk about the mortgage-default crisis: More than half the homes for sale in this sprawling suburban town are distressed properties.
My wife and I recently swallowed hard and bought a tiny cabin on a prime lake-front lot near the Berkshire hills in western Massachusetts where we'd like to retire one day. (At a later date, we'll build a bigger house.) Were we early, buying before housing prices hit rock bottom? Almost certainly. Are we losing sleep over it? Absolutely not.
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.
Last year Rick and Suzanne Pepin moved from the four-bedroom 3,400-square-foot house in Minneapolis where they lived with their three (now grown) kids to a luxury condo that's a third smaller and offers only a Murphy bed for guests. Still, the couple couldn't be happier.
Real-estate Web site Zillow.com is expanding its partnership with 282 newspapers to give national advertisers new ways to reach local markets, changes that the news companies hope will allow them to raise their fees for online ads
CNNMoney: Are you better off?updated: Mon Aug 25 2008 15:53:00
The statistics are grim: Inflation is at a 17-year high. Unemployment is rising. Foreclosures are spreading.
More homeowners than ever are selling at a loss, propelling the real estate market deeper into crisis.
Out on the range is the last place you would expect America's long-running obsession with big houses to be laid to rest.
Selling a home is a lot trickier than it used to be - here's how to be smart about pricing, presentation and incentives.
When Cindy Brockwell, 58, and Bill Dailey, 62, sold their townhouse in Reston, Va. in early April, the only real estate agent involved was the one who brought them their buyers.
Despite numerous reports showing home values in historic decline, more than three out of four homeowners believe their own home has not lost value in the past year, according to an online survey.
Money Magazine: Know your home's futureupdated: Sat Dec 08 2007 06:41:00
Whether you're thinking of moving to a new city or just want to know more about what's up in your own backyard, the Web lets you see a town from countless angles.
Real estate information startup Zillow Inc. said late Wednesday it closed a $30 million round of financing.
Business 2.0: Mashups made easyupdated: Thu Jul 19 2007 04:10:00
Since Google made its maps available for customization last year, savvy programmers have created thriving businesses by adding layers of information.
In preparation for the iMeme: The Thinkers of Tech conference, Fortune asked dozens of technology gurus the following question: What, for you, has been the most surprising infectious idea of the past year? Click on the names to read how Esther Dyson, Bill Joy, Jonathan Schwartz, among others, answered, or simply scroll down.
Fortune's national sampling of what the rich get to choose from when they shop for real estate - from the top 10 states for sales of $1 million-plus homes.
This is what usually happens the first time you visit Zillow.com: You type in your address to check out the Zestimate, an approximation of your home's market value. It appears in a little pop-up su...
The Web site Zillow.com, most known for its "Zestimate" price valuations for nearly 70 million homes, launched several new services for home sellers Thursday.
Zillow.com, a real estate valuation Web site, has been named in a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission by a consumer advocacy group, which charges the site's home valuations mislead consumers, real estate professionals and lenders.
Money Magazine: Price This Houseupdated: Fri Sep 01 2006 00:01:00
Chances are, you've checked the value of your house (and your neighbor's and your boss') on one of the many free appraisal websites that have gained buzz in recent months. They're certainly hours o...
FSB: Realtor wreckersupdated: Wed Jun 14 2006 14:26:00
The 6% real estate commission has been under assault awhile, but the hits just keep coming - and are getting more sophisticated. Three Internet upstarts are the latest to take a shot.
Money Magazine: The Best Addressesupdated: Thu Jun 01 2006 00:01:00
Unless you've bought, sold or refinanced recently, you may not realize how much the Internet has changed the game in real estate. It wasn't all that long ago that you had to actually phone banks to...
Unless you've bought, sold or refinanced recently, you may not realize how much the Internet has changed the game in real estate. It wasn't all that long ago that you had to actually phone banks to get mortgage quotes or had to physically show up at an open house to get a look inside it.
These days, when it comes to homebuying, you're doing more of the work. But buyer's agents still claim the same fat fees from sellers when deals close -- generally half of the typical 6 percent commission, or $15,000 on a $500,000 house.
It's that time of year again: After the long, cold winter, when shopping for new homes grinds nearly to a halt, the warm weather brings people out and into real estate offices.
Fortune: The new Net boomupdated: Fri Mar 17 2006 17:22:00
Investors, entrepreneurs and people across the tech industry are partying like its 1999, but this time the music isn't likely to stop.
Buying or selling a home is one of the biggest transactions you'll make. With over a million and a half brokers out there, it's not hard to find a broker, the challenge lies in finding a good one.
Say "goodbye" to appraisers -- and possibly real estate agents. At least that's the promise of Zillow.com, launched Wednesday, which is headed by the founder of Internet travel company Expedia.
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