36 states may miss Real ID deadline

Stateline.org

While Congress debates national health care legislation that could put new fiscal burdens on the states, the nation's governors are pushing Capitol Hill for a reprieve from another costly federal program that states have long criticized: Real ID.

Neighbors work together to take care of vacant homes

Detroit Free Press

Eric Blount, 51, an accountant at DTE Energy, spent the spring and summer mowing grass at his own yard in Detroit's Sherwood Forest and also at the large corner lot next door.

Real estate Q&A

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Question: I read your article posted online regarding the future of real estate. I noted your comment about there being fewer homeowners, and specifically fewer homeowners of expensive homes, for the future. The number of homeownership reached its peak in 2006 and is viewed as being "unsustainable" in the years to come.

Homeowners left in a lurch after mortgage refinancing checks bounce

Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO - In early April, Jeff Franson refinanced his mortgage, switching it from Chase to SecurityNational Mortgage Co.

Real estate Q&A

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Question: What policies do you recommend to keep us out of the types of recessions just experienced in the United States?

Commercial real estate facing worse days

The Philadelphia Inquirer

From his 30th-floor Center City office, William J. Hirschfeld has an in-your-face reminder that all is not well in commercial real estate.

Real estate woes are all about the money

The Dallas Morning News

Mark Noble has battle scars from the last real estate debacle, when he was a developer and borrower in Tyler, Texas.

Charm offensive: Seeking success closer to the ground

The Philadelphia Inquirer

George E. Marks seems entirely too cheerful for an owner of office developments.

How to spot a commercial real-estate recovery

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Exactly when the Philadelphia region's distressed commercial real estate landscape will shed its "Space Available" banners is uncertain.

Treasury announces mortgage-modification trial

Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Nine months ago, the Obama administration offered banks $75 billion in taxpayer money to rework troubled mortgages.

FHA rule change could benefit condo market

McClatchy Newspapers

The Federal Housing Administration is giving the condo market something it hasn't had for a while - a little breathing room.

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