International Real Estate: For Sale in … Tuscany, Italy
A late 19th-century farmhouse with three bedrooms is on the market for $1,314,000. Link to the original Article
Home prices tumble by sharpest annual rate
A closely watched index shows home prices tumbling by the sharpest annual rate ever in July, but the rate of decline is slowing. Link to the original Article
Mortgage Relief Programs Aren’t Helping Much
Up until now, state efforts to help distressed homeowners refinance have had negligible results. A new federal bill may give them additional tools. Link to the original Article
Foreclosures on million-dollar homes surge
The housing crisis that swept through working-class and middle-class communities across the country is now creeping into the leafy driveways and the gated communities of the nation’s most exclusive towns. Link to the original Article
KB Home building smaller houses to lift sagging sales
The company is trying to attract buyers with 1,230-square-foot homes selling for $200,000 in the Inland Empire and other high-foreclosure areas. …
Getting Inventive to Seduce Buyers
To attract the very wealthy, a run-of-the-mill event will just not do. Some brokers are willing to try anything. Once. Link to the original Article
KB Home building smaller houses to lift sagging sales
The company is trying to attract buyers with 1,230-square-foot homes selling for $200,000 in the Inland Empire and other high-foreclosure areas. …
KB Home building smaller houses in bid to lift sagging sales
The company, which posted its seventh straight quarterly loss, is trying to attract buyers with new 1,230 square-foot homes selling for $200,000 in the Inland Empire and other high foreclosure areas. …
Bailout doesn’t address abandoned homes
In case anyone has forgotten the core of the current economic crisis, here’s a reminder: empty homes, both present and future. Empty homes are behind all the supposedly worthless mortgage-backed securities that no one wants to buy on Wall Street. Fear of the coming avalanche of empty homes — what the Center for Responsible Lending [...]
Away: Writing Her Way Home
An author found that Sullivan’s Island, S.C. is the perfect setting for a novel and a second home. Link to the original Article