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Under the weight of gasoline prices, along with increased costs for heating and cooling suburban homes, today's affluent subdivisions might become tomorrow's slums.
Under the weight of gasoline prices, along with increased costs for heating and cooling suburban homes, today's affluent subdivisions might become tomorrow's slums.
New York Times | RACHEL L. SWARNS | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business
Driven largely by the surge in foreclosures and an unsettled housing market, Americans are renting apartments and houses at the highest level since Pr...
AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 05.27.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — U.S. home prices dropped at the sharpest rate in two decades during the first quarter, a closely watched index showed Tuesday, a somb...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.23.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Existing home sales fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, a string of weakness expected to continue as the housing indu...
AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Pending home sales dropped to a new low in March, an industry group said Wednesday, signaling the housing slump has yet to bottom out...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes plunged in March to the slowest pace in 16 1/2 years as a two-year housing downturn extended into the start of a...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes fell in March, the seventh drop in the past eight months, as the spring sales season got off to a rocky sta...
USA Today | Stephanie Armour | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business
Home prices are sinking. Banks are seizing properties from owners who can't pay their mortgages. Yet for Amber Gilmore, the miserable housing market h...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell in February for the fourth straight month, pushing activity down to a 13-year low. While the rate of declin...
AP | Madlen Read | Posted 01.08.2008 | Business
Wall Street turned lower Tuesday, giving up early gains as investors still hoping for an interest rate cut struggled with the ongoing fallout from the...
AP | Madlen Read | Posted 01.08.2008 | Business
Wall Street gave up early gains Tuesday as investors still hoping for an interest rate nonetheless struggled with the ongoing fallout from the mortgag...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.28.2007 | Business
The housing market plunged deeper into despair last month, with sales of new homes plummeting to their lowest level in more than 12 years. The slump ...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 12.28.2007 | Business
Stocks finished an erratic week narrowly mixed Friday after a government report of a steep decline in new home sales stirred concerns that weakness in...
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Jay Walljasper | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green