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Curtis and Twyla Christian are facing foreclosure. They?re not sure how they are going to come up with the $8,000 they need to keep their home.

Sales of existing homes rose 3.1 percent in July, easily beating Wall Street's expectations, as buyers snapped up deeply discounted properties in parts of the country hit hardest by the housing bust.

Another down month in the real estate market in Maine. According to the Maine Real Estate Information System sales of single family existing home in the state slowed by 17.24 percent last month.

WALL Street tumbled today as fears about the economy intensified after data showing a modest rise in home sales also reflected falling prices and record housing inventories.

While Simon Property Group struggles to fill vacancies in its malls in the U.S., it may be looking to Britain to boost its retail property portfolio.

Homes sales and listings in the Fresno - Clovis area are up but the county's foreclosure rate, along with housing scams, are on the rise too.

Sales of new homes rose in July, but still fell short of economists' expectations, and home prices continued to sink.

Troubled mortgage lender Thornburg Mortgage Inc. said late Monday that its profit increased by more than five times in the second quarter, due to big one-time gains from the sale of assets and decreases in the ...

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In July, existing-home sales in the Northeast dropped about 12 percent when compared with July 2007.

A new report says North Carolina lobbyists who represented real estate agents in a fight against a land transfer tax are among the most influential at the Legislature.

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Stocks retreated early Monday as financial stocks fell and oil prices rose. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 100 points.

Financial stocks like American International Group Inc. declined Monday after Fitch Ratings warned Friday that it might cut its ratings on the insurer.

Light, sweet crude rose 56 cents to $115.15 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Stocks staged a big rally Friday after crude tumbled more than $6 a barrel, its biggest percentage drop in more than four years. Investors have welcomed easing energy prices because they hope that will boost consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the U.S. economy.

Sales of existing homes rose 3.1 percent in July, easily beating Wall Street's expectations, as buyers snapped up deeply discounted properties in parts of the country hit hardest by the housing bust.

However, the number of unsold properties hit an all-time high, the latest indication that the worst housing market slump in decades is far from over.

The National Association of Realtors reported Monday that sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5 million units. Sales had been expected to rise by only 1.6 percent, according to economists surveyed by Thomson/IFR.

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A Scottsdale home builder recognized two years ago as an up-and-coming business has collapsed in the weak market, leaving in its wake lawsuits by investors, lenders and contractors.

A leader in Boise's Muslim community is heading to trial on a series of federal tax fraud charges.