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Archive for July, 2010

Bankruptcy can save your house from foreclosure

July 24th, 2010 No comments
Slick TV commercials and online ads tell delinquent borrowers that they can save their homes by filing for personal bankruptcy. But is it true -- or just too good to be true?

For sale: Jim Morrison’s L.A. bungalow

July 23rd, 2010 No comments
Yes, Jim Morrison is still dead. But the rock star's L.A. house is up for sale - and it can be can be yours for a cool $1.2 million.

Best Places: 25 youngest

July 23rd, 2010 No comments
In Provo, Utah, the median age is under 23. What cities have a median age even younger?

Best Places: Where homes are priciest

July 22nd, 2010 No comments
A home in Greenwich, Conn., will set you back $1 million. Where are prices even higher?

Best Places: 25 hottest

July 22nd, 2010 No comments
What city swelters with average July temperatures over 105 degrees?

Foreclosures swamp Nantucket

July 21st, 2010 No comments
In the past decade, Nantucket Island has served as a barometer for the fortunes of Wall Street. The glass cracked after years of unsustainable pressures. But almost by magic, the barometer is rising once more even as something new and unexpected has come to the summer paradise: foreclosures, short sales, failed auctions, and a skinnier municipal budget. And while financiers can cut and run, it's the locals who are being hardest hit.

Best Places to Live in your state

July 21st, 2010 No comments
California is home to 4 cities in the top 100 this year. See the best places to live in your favorite state.

400,000 receive mortgage mods

July 20th, 2010 No comments
Some 51,205 troubled homeowners received long-term mortgage modifications under President Obama's foreclosure prevention program in June, bringing the total to 389,198 since the program began in the spring of 2009.

New home construction drops, but outlook brightens

July 20th, 2010 No comments
New home construction fell to the lowest level of the year in June, but there were indications of increased activity in coming months, the government said Tuesday.

Best home deals in 10 Best Places

July 20th, 2010 No comments
Itching to move to one of our top 10 cities? You might score a real-estate bargain, too.