NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Despite the soft real estate market, Beazer Homes USA Inc. recently sold 26 beachfront condos on the Jersey Shore in 75 minutes. Auctions are no longer just for banks seeking to unload a foreclose. [read more]

Despite the soft real estate market, Beazer Homes USA Inc. recently sold 26 beachfront condos on the Jersey Shore in 75 minutes. [read more]

• What is the difference between “short sale,” “REO” and “foreclosure”? [read more]

Despite the soft real estate market, Beazer Homes USA Inc. recently sold 26 beachfront condos on the Jersey Shore in 75 minutes. Auctions are no longer just for banks seeking to unload a foreclosure. In a sign of just how broad the real estate downturn has become, auctioneers say much of their current business is being driven by home builders reducing inventory, and individuals who can't afford ... [read more]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Despite the soft real estate market, Beazer Homes USA Inc. recently sold 26 beachfront condos on the Jersey Shore in 75 minutes. Auctions are no longer just for banks seeking to unload a foreclosure. [read more]

N-Play, a real estate service company focused on bringing home buyers and sellers together online, [read more]

N-Play, a real estate service company focused on bringing home buyers and sellers together online, has launched today in beta. The company is the first to connect buyers, sellers and agents through secure submission, ranking and evaluation of offers online, directly from the listing display. N-Play is currently undertaking beta trials with several brokers and agents, including Prudential Network ... [read more]

In a sign of just how broad the real estate downturn has become, revenues from resdential real estate sold at live auction grew about 5% last year and are up almost 47% since 2003, according to the National Auctioneers Association. [read more]

"The market is bad now," said Marshall Isenberg, who appraises properties for foreclosure sales in the county. "Banks are willing to take a loss." Real estate agent Ray Doster said mortgage lenders, who typically buy the properties in foreclosure sales, often are willing to sell at steep discounts. "There are some tremendous buys," he said. But they rarely are willing to accept half of the ... [read more]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.----N-Play, a real estate service company focused on bringing home buyers and sellers together online, has launched today in beta. The company is the first to connect buyers, sellers and agents through secure submission, ranking and evaluation of offers online, directly from the listing display. [read more]

Mortgage rates continued to retreat, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate falling to 6.42 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0. [read more]

Click on the attached chart to see the average Seattle-area rates for 30-year fixed, 15-year fixed and 1-year adjustable-rate mortgages... [read more]

Janet and Benjamin Thompson found themselves in the midst of a financial nightmare: an adjustable-rate mortgage about to go up for the second time, credit-card debt and rising medical expenses.  [read more]

Two projects aimee at protecting veterans with adjustable rate mortgages and adjustable hybrid rate mortgages could be extended past the end of this year if Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., moves her legislation forward. [read more]

WASHINGTON – Mortgage rates fell last week with 30-year mortgage rates dropping to the lowest level in six weeks as investors became less worried that the Federal Reserve would soon tighten credit policy to stall inflation. [read more]

Mortgage rates fell last week with 30-year mortgage rates dropping to the lowest level in six weeks as investors became less worried that the Federal Reserve would soon tighten credit policy to stall inflation. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported...  [read more]

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America is doing something that should have been done a long time ago. The nonprofit advocacy organization is in the second day of a free five-day Save the Dream of Homeownership event in Washington where people can get immediate help restructuring their troubled mortgage loans. [read more]

Home loan rates fell over the last week as Treasury yields fell sharply amid financial woes and views that the Fed won't hike rates this year. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.26% for the week ended July 17 from 6.37% a week earlier, Freddie Mac said. The 15-year fixed-rate fell 13 basis points to 5.78% this week. The 5-year Treasury-indexed adjustable-rate mortgage edged down to 5.8%, ... [read more]

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.26 percent this week from 6.37 percent last week, Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday. [read more]

Saving Money on a Mortgage package from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board (FRB) [read more]