Closing Costs: Recently sold megahomes
These recently sold expensive homes sold on Realtor.com are as distinct as the regions they?re from.


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Colleges going on real estate shopping sprees

Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.

Real estate - Business - Education - Colleges and Universities - Directories
Pending home sales rise 5.2% in July
The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased in July but remained well below last year's levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak.


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Builders of N.Y. mosque face financial hurdles
The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees.


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Homeowners feel stress of life 'underwater'

A broad swath of homeowners ? those not headed for the worst-case scenario of foreclosure ? are nonetheless grappling with the impact of lost home equity.

Foreclosure - Real estate - Business - Investing - Mortgage loan
Banks to allow local groups to buy foreclosures
Major banks are agreeing to give local governments and nonprofit groups the ability to buy foreclosed homes before they are sold to private investors.


Foreclosure - United States - Local government - Non-profit organization - Real estate
Ever so humble, but housing is more expensive
You look back 10 years, what did you get? A little bit cleaner and deeper in debt. With apologies to Tennessee Ernie Ford, that?s a brief synopsis of how U.S. home life has changed during the past decade.


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Mortgage applications rise 2.7% on low rates
Mortgage applications rose 2.7 percent last week as more borrowers took advantage of the lowest rates in decades to reduce their monthly loan payments.


Mortgage - Loan - Business - Financial services - United States
Burst of buying drove up June home prices
Home prices rose in June for a third straight month as now-expired tax credits inspired a burst of home-buying.


Home - United States - Accounting - Tax - Conferences
Administration undecided on housing credit
The Obama administration has not decided whether it should resurrect a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said.


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Foreclosure trims number of underwater homes
Foreclosures are helping to thin the ranks of U.S. homes with mortgages that exceed what the properties are worth, new data shows.


Foreclosure - Mortgage - United States - Real estate - Business
One in 10 mortgage holders faces foreclosure
One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government's efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis.


Foreclosure - Mortgage - Business - Real estate - United States
Empire State Building to get new, tall, neighbor

The Empire State Building's owner has lost his bid to stop a new skyscraper from rising in the neighborhood.

Empire State Building - Skyscraper - United States - Building Types - Arts
New home sales hit slowest pace on record

Sales of new homes dropped sharply last month to the slowest pace on record, the latest sign that the economic recovery is fading.

United States - U.S. Housing Market - Business - United States Department of Commerce - Real estate