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Below are the latest real estate news headlines for buyers and sellers.
WSJ.com: Real EstateDon't Bet Against Your House Amid falling prices, homeowners are understandably nervous about how they can protect what for most is their biggest asset. While diversification isn't an option, there are steps homeowners can take to ride out the housing storm.Read Article Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:47:00 EDT Foreclosures Increase Again The rate of U.S. home mortgages overdue or in foreclosure surged again in the second quarter, a survey found.Read Article Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:55:00 EDT How to Attract Canadian Buyers Thanks to a strong currency and stable economy, Canadians are snapping up American homes. But with so many houses on the market, it takes some effort to attract their attention. June Fletcher offers some tips.Read Article Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:50:00 EDT Meet the Nouveaux Neighbors Boosted by a stronger currency and rising house values at home, Canadians are now the biggest foreign buyers of U.S. homes.Read Article Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:19:00 EDT Two NBA All-Stars Cut House Prices Allen Iverson cut the price of his Pennsylvania home; Matthew Modine purchased a condo in New York City; Leonard Ross took the Hearst estate in Beverly Hills off the market.Read Article Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:18:00 EDT Mortgages Fall Further Home mortgage rates moved lower this week after indications that consumer spending could slow, Freddie Mac's chief economist said.Read Article Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:40:00 EDT Trading Houses Hasn't Made Me Wealthy If you're a true cheapskate, stay put. Moving is expensive and wasteful. Neal Templin's family would have come out ahead financially by staying put instead of moving to another city.Read Article Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:34:00 EDT GMAC to Shrink ResCap Business GMAC and its ResCap unit plan to close all 200 GMAC Mortgage retail offices and cut 5,000 jobs, in a plan that could lead to savings of $1 billion.Read Article Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:50:00 EDT Housing Plan Fails to Excite London homes remain so expensive that the government's housing stimulus plan falls short, economists and real-estate agents said.Read Article Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:35:00 EDT U.K. Aims to Revive Housing Market Britain's Brown unveiled the first in a series of measures to prop up the housing market and boost his approval ratings.Read Article Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:36:00 EDT
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