Many American homeowners are eagerly waiting for home values to rise so they can sell their properties, a new report says.
Five percent of the nation’s homeowners said they would be likely to put their houses on the market in the next six months if they saw signs the real estate market was turning around, according [...]

“Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles”, Barney Frank has seen the light. From today’s Opinon page from The Wall Street Journal:
Barney Frank has been all over the airwaves this week with a clear and—we never thought we’d say this—perfectly sound message about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: “They should be abolished.”
Well, praise be. Two years [...]

More than a quarter of Americans currently renting houses and apartments have no intention to ever buy a home, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
The survey, by real estate search site Trulia.com, found 27 percent of renters do not plan to ever buy a home. Although 72 percent still expect to buy eventually, [...]

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In case you missed it, Coldwell Banker just reduced their price on their Mandarin unit #12-B. The original asking price $13,700,000. Yesterday, they made a slight reduction – the new asking price $12,700,000. Any takers?
File Under: Oh my, I know one blog reader who’ll love this.

This story has everything you’d want. A Lutheran pastor, deviant sex in a town called Maple Grove, and a Coldwell Banker real estate agent.
So here’s the story: A Minnesota couple are accusing their Coldwell Banker real estate agent of using their home for sexual encounters with men while they were on vacation.
According [...]

From the Huffington Post:
This disturbing graphic, by Latoya Eguwuekwe, charts the rise of unemployment across the U.S. from 2007 on. (Hat tip to Daily Kos, which posted it earlier this month.)
Displayed below is a time-lapse look at the so-called U3 unemployment statistic, which doesn’t account for the underemployed and those who’ve simply given up [...]

A few days ago, I provided a link to a “Morning Joe” television clip that featured Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times, who was answering questions about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Here’s a New York Times follow up to that Morning Joe news clip:
Representative Barney Frank was furious.
The Massachusetts Democrat had been watching [...]

The following is from the Massachusetts Assoc. of Realtors web site:
“Whether it was the heat of July, the end of the tax credit, or the continued uncertainty in the economy, REALTOR® members are feeling less certain about the market than they did last year or just this past spring,” said 2010 MAR President Kevin Sears, [...]

The Banker & Tradesman reported yesterday that Massachusetts is ranked 11th in the country for home closing costs. Excerpts from B&T:
The costs associated with buying a home in Massachusetts are on the rise, according to a new study.
According to Bankrate’s 2010 Closing Costs Survey, the average origination and title fees on a $200,000 mortgage [...]