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When — and Where — the Housing Market Is Due for a Bounce
The real estate recovery is just around the corner. Well, that’s if you believe the new housing numbers out this week. According to the Fiserv Case-Shiller...
Foreclosures Are at a 4-Year Low, But That’s Not Necessarily Good News
Foreclosure filings fell in March to their lowest level in four years, according to real estate data provider Realty Trac. For the first time since July 2007,...
Rental Vacancies Drop as Young People (Finally) Move Out
If you’re thinking that you can’t get ahead, you’re right. Rents, according to a Reuters story quoting REIS Inc., a firm that tracks real estate data, just...
Full Real Estate Recovery Not Coming Until 2015
First, the good news: The real estate market has clawed its way back from the brink and is about a third of the way to a normal, pre-bubble market. The bad news:...
How’d You Like to Buy an Entire Town? Bidding Starts This Week at $100K
In the real estate world right now, it’s clearly a buyer’s market. Years of foreclosures and price drops have brought about a sharp rise in investment and...
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Top 10 Outrageous eBay Auctions
From top-secret spy files to prime cemetery real estate next to Marilyn Monroe, a look at some of the most ridiculous items ever posted on eBay
Architecture, Interrupted
Plans for prestigious architecture projects often flourish during boom years; the actual construction, though, can wither after the bubble bursts. Work has...
