MLS Real Estate & Listings Blog

Foreclosure filings climbed in 75% of the nation’s metro areas during the first half of 2010, according to a report issued Thursday.

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The “Easy Rider” left us earlier this year. Now his stunning Venice, Calif., compound is on the market - for $6.25 million.

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The City of Cleveland’s long-standing battle to pin its housing woes on Wall Street may have finally gone bust.

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Modern America has long paired the “America Dream” with home ownership. The idea of staying put, paying property taxes and periodically mowing the lawn belonged to citizens who were somehow more American than the poor saps who could only afford to rent the place they called home.

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With plans to start a family, Michael and Becky McCullough, 33 and 31, wanted more space. So last year they snapped up a four-bedroom foreclosure in Brookhaven, Ga., for $480,000.

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The number of Americans who own homes fell in the second quarter of the year to the lowest level since 1999, said a government survey released Tuesday.

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Home prices rose slightly in May compared with a month earlier, appearing to have stablized at the lower levels that followed the end of the residential real estate bubble, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 major housing markets released Tuesday.

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New home sales rebounded in June from the record low hit the previous month but remained sluggish.

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These terrific small cities — even now — boast plenty of jobs, great schools, safe streets, low crime, lots to do, and more. See Money’s top 100 — including detailed city profiles, homes for sale, and job openings.

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In the latest sign of renewed turbulence in the housing market, an industry group said Thursday that sales of existing homes fell 5.1% in June.

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Slick TV commercials and online ads tell delinquent borrowers that they can save their homes by filing for personal bankruptcy. But is it true — or just too good to be true?

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Yes, Jim Morrison is still dead. But the rock star’s L.A. house is up for sale - and it can be can be yours for a cool $1.2 million.

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In Provo, Utah, the median age is under 23. What cities have a median age even younger?

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A home in Greenwich, Conn., will set you back $1 million. Where are prices even higher?

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What city swelters with average July temperatures over 105 degrees?

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In the past decade, Nantucket Island has served as a barometer for the fortunes of Wall Street. The glass cracked after years of unsustainable pressures. But almost by magic, the barometer is rising once more even as something new and unexpected has come to the summer paradise: foreclosures, short sales, failed auctions, and a skinnier municipal budget. And while financiers can cut and run, it’s the locals who are being hardest hit.

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California is home to 4 cities in the top 100 this year. See the best places to live in your favorite state.

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Some 51,205 troubled homeowners received long-term mortgage modifications under President Obama’s foreclosure prevention program in June, bringing the total to 389,198 since the program began in the spring of 2009.

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New home construction fell to the lowest level of the year in June, but there were indications of increased activity in coming months, the government said Tuesday.

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Itching to move to one of our top 10 cities? You might score a real-estate bargain, too.

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