Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/business/industries/real-estate business Business - Real Estate en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:41 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/business/industries/real-estate http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20100209/bs_bw/feb2010bs2010028918003 bw/20100209/feb2010bs2010028918003 BusinessWeek business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:41 GMT BusinessWeek - For two years, MBAs have suffered mightily, as the credit crisis, recession, and bursting of the housing bubble have wreaked havoc on the job market. One by one, starting with investment banking, whole industries have erected "MBAs Need Not Apply" signs. One big exception is health care. With the prospect of health-care reform on the horizon, many MBAs are suddenly showing an interest in an industry that until now has attracted only a smattering of business school graduates, and with good reason. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100208/bs_ibd_ibd/20100208econbrief ibd/20100208/20100208econbrief Investor's Business Daily business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:45:13 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The Treasury will auction $81 bil of notes and bonds in its quarterly refunding this week, the same as in the prior auction. Gov't officials said they've already raised enough to fund a budget deficit set to expand 14% this year. The Treasury's decision to stop increasing the size of its debt auctions could moderate the rise in bond yields, bolstering the economy as the Federal Reserve removes emergency stimulus. The narrower yield curve may cap mortgage rates as the Fed's $1.25 tril in mortgage-bond purchases is set to expire on March 31. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20100208/ts_usnews/forgetthemortgageimpayingmycreditcardbill usnews/20100208/forgetthemortgageimpayingmycreditcardbill U.S. News & World Report business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:04:33 GMT U.S. News & World Report - Amid high unemployment and sliding home prices, a growing number of struggling consumers are doing what was once considered unthinkable: paying their credit card bills instead of their mortgages. A recent study developed by TransUnion found the percentage of Americans who were current on their credit cards but behind on their mortgage increased to 6.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009, up from 4.3 percent in the first quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, the share of consumers making mortgage payments on time but behind on their credit cards moved in the opposite direction, sliding from 4. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_beazer_homes ap/20100205/us_earns_beazer_homes AP business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:50:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_beazer_homes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.d57528677c754260a23489c2abef88fb.earns_beazer_homes__azmy206.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=fT4.1iteQ0SirPbd_LBhBQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In thie Feb. 2, 2010 photo, new Beazer homes are under construction in Gilbert, Ariz. Beazer Homes USA Inc. posted a $48 million profit in its fiscal first quarter Friday, Feb. 6, thanks to a $101 million tax gain.(AP Photo/Matt York)" border="0" /></a>AP - Homebuyers spurred by low interest rates and government incentives helped lift Beazer Homes USA Inc.'s sales in the last three months of 2009, but the builder only turned a profit because of a hefty tax gain.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_beazer_homes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.d57528677c754260a23489c2abef88fb.earns_beazer_homes__azmy206.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=fT4.1iteQ0SirPbd_LBhBQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In thie Feb. 2, 2010 photo, new Beazer homes are under construction in Gilbert, Ariz. Beazer Homes USA Inc. posted a $48 million profit in its fiscal first quarter Friday, Feb. 6, thanks to a $101 million tax gain.(AP Photo/Matt York)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100204/bs_ibd_ibd/20100204realestate ibd/20100204/20100204realestate Investor's Business Daily business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:17:43 GMT Investor's Business Daily - China's young and red-hot housing market got caught up in the recession along with the rest of the world. But its downturn became neither as severe nor as prolonged as in the U.S. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_bi_ge/us_mortgage_mess_investors ap/20100204/us_mortgage_mess_investors AP business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:22:53 GMT AP - The financial wizards who concocted the complicated mortgage-linked investments that nearly brought down the world economy are trying to come back from the dead. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20100204/ts_usnews/designawardsenableaginginplace usnews/20100204/designawardsenableaginginplace U.S. News & World Report business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:13:57 GMT U.S. News & World Report - Making homes suitable for elderly occupants is easy to describe, but it can be very expensive to do. The cheapest solution is to make homes senior-friendly when they are built, rather than trying to retrofit them. Some of the most elegant and cost-effective solutions are recognized each year by AARP and the National Association of Home Builders. The winning designs employ imaginative solutions that reduce energy consumption and use smart communications tools for home security and health-related "telemedical" applications. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_bi_ge/us_mortgage_rates ap/20100204/us_mortgage_rates AP business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:54:25 GMT AP - Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages rose slightly this week, inching above 5 percent, Freddie Mac said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_bi_ge/us_middle_class_housing ap/20100204/us_middle_class_housing AP business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:47:14 GMT AP - A judge has ordered the foreclosure sale of the historic Riverton Houses, a middle-class Harlem apartment complex that plummeted in value amid the housing downturn. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100203/bs_ibd_ibd/20100203econbrief ibd/20100203/20100203econbrief Investor's Business Daily business Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:37:20 GMT Investor's Business Daily - A gauge of home loan demand in the U.S. shot up 21% to a 6-week high of 620.7 in the week ended Jan. 29 as buyers took advantage of low interest rates and the federal tax credit, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. The group's refi gauge leapt 26.3% as the average 30-year mortgage rate dipped to 5.01%, which is expected to rise later this year. The purchase index climbed 10%, suggesting that a renewed and expanded gov't tax credit is spurring demand after sales fell late last year on expectations the incentive would expire. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/us_nm/us_usa_mortgages nm/20100203/us_usa_mortgages Reuters business Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:33:53 GMT Reuters - A group of influential mortgage investors is intensifying efforts to encourage a new phase to U.S. housing stability plans that would give homeowners ability and incentive to pay their loans. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_employment_adp nm/20100203/us_usa_economy_employment_adp Reuters business Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:50:59 GMT Reuters - The pace of job losses in the private sector slowed in January as employers reported the smallest payroll decline in nearly two years while demand for home loans hit a six-week high last week, data showed on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/us_nm/us_usa_economy_housing nm/20100203/us_usa_economy_housing Reuters business Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:57:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/us_nm/us_usa_economy_housing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r829920742.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=S1EkwlqKRtPKu8wbYeSg6Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A sign marks a house for sale by the owner in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, January 24, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More and more consumers are giving greater priority to paying credit card debt than making a mortgage payment, showing increased financial duress, according to a report released on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/us_nm/us_usa_economy_housing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r829920742.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=S1EkwlqKRtPKu8wbYeSg6Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A sign marks a house for sale by the owner in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, January 24, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_mortgages nm/20100203/us_usa_economy_mortgages Reuters business Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:26:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_mortgages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r2874344300.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=iAP3uw1APrRkWwgLvoRspg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A pedestrian walks past a sign advertising new condominium homes for sale in South San Francisco, California December 22, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Demand for home loans rose to a six-week high on a mini refinance wave, with borrowers pushing to lock in rates before they climb later this year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday,</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_mortgages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r2874344300.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=iAP3uw1APrRkWwgLvoRspg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A pedestrian walks past a sign advertising new condominium homes for sale in South San Francisco, California December 22, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_bi_ge/us_credit_markets ap/20100202/us_credit_markets AP business Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:15:43 GMT AP - Interest rates were little changed in the bond market Tuesday even as new signs of strength emerged in the housing market. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/bs_nm/us_usa_economy nm/20100202/us_usa_economy Reuters business Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:03:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/bs_nm/us_usa_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r4097510897.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=Bw8mQoe4iAPlt15W6UtAQg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Brokers trade over the phone on the dealing floor at ICAP in Jersey City, New Jersey December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pending sales of existing U.S. homes edged up as expected in December, while home vacancies rose in the fourth quarter, pointing to a slow and painful recovery for the troubled housing market.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/bs_nm/us_usa_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r4097510897.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=Bw8mQoe4iAPlt15W6UtAQg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brokers trade over the phone on the dealing floor at ICAP in Jersey City, New Jersey December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_bi_ge/dollar ap/20100202/dollar AP business Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:55:58 GMT AP - The dollar dipped Tuesday after a report on the U.S. housing market showed some improvement, sparking interest in riskier trades, while worries over Greece's debt problems eased slightly. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20100202/ts_usnews/homesalesstableaftertaxcredithangover usnews/20100202/homesalesstableaftertaxcredithangover U.S. News & World Report business Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:30:02 GMT U.S. News & World Report - The number of Americans signing home sales contracts flattened out in December after plunging the previous month. The National Association of Realtors' pending home sales index--which gages signed contracts but not transaction closings--inched up 1 percent from November to December and stands at nearly 11 percent above its year-earlier level. December's reading, which was released Tuesday, follows a month-over-month drop of roughly 16 percent in November. "You have hit some sort of floor level of demand in housing," says Mike Larson of Weiss Research. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pending_home_sales ap/20100202/us_pending_home_sales AP business Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:15:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pending_home_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100202/capt.3cb218c93603442aa3e00772da68744d.pending_home_sales_nybz194.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bdBeLaQp7G9z4XYF8eby7A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, a sale pending sign is attached to a property for sale in Palo Alto, Calif. The number of people preparing to buy a home rose slightly in December, a sign that home sales could be stabilizing heading into the spring home buying season.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of people preparing to buy a home rose slightly in December, a positive sign heading into the spring home buying season.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pending_home_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100202/capt.3cb218c93603442aa3e00772da68744d.pending_home_sales_nybz194.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bdBeLaQp7G9z4XYF8eby7A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, a sale pending sign is attached to a property for sale in Palo Alto, Calif. The number of people preparing to buy a home rose slightly in December, a sign that home sales could be stabilizing heading into the spring home buying season.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100131/bs_nm/us_bloomingdales_dubai nm/20100131/us_bloomingdales_dubai Reuters business Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:17:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100131/bs_nm/us_bloomingdales_dubai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100131/i/r3865269642.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=wf5PbTLjOHMSD9BQEFyXWQ--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Pedestrians walk past Bloomingdale's in New York City February 28, 2005. REUTERS/Seth Wenig SW" border="0" /></a>Reuters - New York's famed Bloomingdale's department store opened its doors in the Middle East's biggest mall on Sunday in its first foray outside its home market.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/realestate/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100131/bs_nm/us_bloomingdales_dubai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100131/i/r3865269642.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=wf5PbTLjOHMSD9BQEFyXWQ--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="Pedestrians walk past Bloomingdale's in New York City February 28, 2005. REUTERS/Seth Wenig SW" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)