U.S. mortgage fraud "rampant" and growing: FBI Jul 8, 2009
"Industry employees sought to maintain the high standard of living they enjoyed during the boom years of the real estate market and overextended mortgage holders were often desperate to reduce or eliminate their bloated mortgage payments," it said ... Business - Real Estate. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Toxic asset program may be too late to help banks Jul 8, 2009
Fears of a deeper recession, including rising unemployment and falling home values, raise the specter of massive defaults on consumer and commercial real estate loans, analysts said ... He expects that two-thirds of bank losses will be in categories like commercial real estate loans, commercial investment loans and credit cards. (Yahoo News)
Obama's Housing Rescue Expands: 6 Things to Know Jul 8, 2009
Falling prices, less equity: The expansion of the qualification parameters comes as the real estate market continues to erode. Home prices in 20 major metropolitan areas fell by more than 18 percent in April from a year earlier, according the Case-Shiller home price index. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Rove deposed in U.S. attorney probe Jul 8, 2009
Search the actual MLS real estate listings for Conyers at MultipleListing. com; Just select the link for your area to view up-to-the-minute listings. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Meltdown 101 Mar 6, 2009
By J.W. ELPHINSTONE, AP Real Estate Writer J.w. Elphinstone, Ap Real Estate Writer. Wed Mar 4, 6:32 pm ET. (Yahoo News)
Ex-NY Gov. Spitzer makes D.C. real estate deal Mar 6, 2009
NEW YORK Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is working as a commercial real estate investor and has bought an office building just a block from the site of the infamous encounter with a high-class prostitute that led to his downfall. Working with his father's real estate company, Spitzer worked on the deal to buy 1615 L St. NW, a 13-story building that counts among its tenants the Washington outpost of the Nixon Presidential Library, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday evening on its Web... (Yahoo News)
Foreclosures drove up 2008 U.S. home sales: index Mar 4, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) Foreclosures drove U.S. home sales up 7 percent in 2008 after a 40 percent plunge the prior year, with eligible buyers lured by deep discounts and low loan rates, according to real estate data company Radar Logic ... Business - Real Estate. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Watchmen Soundtrack and Original Score Released Today, March 3rd, on Warner Sunset/Reprise Records Mar 4, 2009
Source: Warner Sunset/Reprise Records. Highly Anticipated Mystery Adventure Film Watchmen Features New Music From My Chemical Romance. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
