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This is your local real estate center. Do you know someone who is looking to move into the neighborhood? If so, this is the place to look! Below are homes that are currently listed for sale or have recently sold within the neighborhood by realtors participating in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

Trends in buying and selling real estate
The Real Estate Journal

Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour
Many investors who purchased condo hotel rooms during the real-estate boom are wishing they hadn't. Some frustrated owners are bringing these projects to the attention of regulators.


Five Questions to Ask Before Remodeling
Before you redo your home make sure you know how big a renovation you can afford and how long you will remain in your residence.


Mortgage Relief Programs Aren't Helping Much
Up until now, state efforts to help distressed homeowners refinance have had negligible results. A new federal bill may give them additional tools.


Selling History By the Square Foot
In a backlash against vinyl-clad McMansions developers are creating communities with houses that look like they were built centuries ago, but with modern trappings.


FHA Loans Grow Costly As Banks Add Fees
Lenders that make loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration are adding costs and restrictions that make those mortgages more expensive for consumers and less widely available.


States Move Fast On Mortgage Aid
Local governments are acting more aggressively to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, frustrated by what they view as the federal government's inadequate response to the mortgage crisis.


Fine Tuning the Picture On the Foreclosure Mess
It's not always easy to get an accurate sense of how many foreclosures there actually are and which U.S. locales are the hardest hit. June Fletcher explains why.


News for Homebuyers and Sellers
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Real estate reconstructed
Essay: Roadmap to Recovery

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The driver behind OpenHouse.com
Real Estate Connect Speaker Profile: Ben Phillips

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RealEstate.com acquisition grows brokerage biz
Company-owned operations expand to 6 new markets

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'Mortgage Fairy' can't save us
Commentary: Financial emergency may prompt pre-Obama action

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President of Prudential franchiser retires
Real estate brief

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Report: Home prices to fall below fundamentals
Bend, Atlantic City, St. George rank as 'extremely overvalued'

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Job losses to fuel foreclosures
Mortgage bankers warn next year will be worse

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