The resale value of home improvements in general is sliding, according to experts. In a departure from recent trends, homeowners are getting the best payback from relatively mundane improvements, such as sprucing up the exterior of their house.
A growing number of cities and counties grappling with water shortages are turning to a solution that may be tough for some homeowners to stomach: purifying wastewater so that residents can drink it.
Neighborhood associations are grappling with shrunken budgets as residents lose their homes to foreclosure and building slows. As a result, associations are raising fees or putting the brakes on improvements and amenities.
Democrats are risking a backlash over efforts by Congress to rescue homeowners who can't afford their mortgages. The White House and most Republicans say this amounts to using taxpayer money to reward bad behavior.
Maybe there's a way to thrive in the howling wasteland that is the home-loan market. Bonds backed by mortgages look like a buying opportunity, assuming a new spate of defaults doesn't send their prices tumbling again.
Centro Properties Group's complicated capital structure was a key to its growth. Now that the company is struggling, the structure may shield it from creditors.
Chances for a sale of Post Properties appear to be dimming amid weaker-than-expected first-quarter earnings and the loss of a key prospective buyer for the company.
In the latest sign that the housing market is deflating at a record pace, the National Association of Realtors said prices declined in more metropolitan areas in the first quarter than at any time in the past three decades.
