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How to Avoid Celebrity Real Estate Blunders

Fame provides no exemption from foreclosure crisis.

• Photos: Celebrity Homes
• Tips for Buying Foreclosures
• 5 Quirky Moves by Home Sellers
• The Home-Staging Cheat Sheet
• Sell Your House for More

The Home Front

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Bad Mortgage Tally Could Jump Next Year

‘A Christmas Story’ House Rented for $5,250

• More From Luke Mullins

4 Smart Moves for a Great Home Deal

Know the market, don't expect a windfall, and negotiate with everyone.

• Talking with a Foreclosure Guru
• 5 Ways to Find Foreclosure Deals
• The Business of Foreclosures
• Should You Lose Sleep Over Investing In a Foreclosed Property?

Credit

The Credit Mess, Part 1: Commercial Edition

A real estate investment trust CEO calls for government intervention to restart the market.

• More on Credit

Mortgages

Real Estate: Mortgage

Interest Rates, Congress, and Your Mortgage

The Fed cuts rates, but mortgages get more expensive.

• A Sign of Hope for the Housing Market
• When a Mortgage Overwhelms, Change the Terms
• Bush Mortgage Fix is Really an Insurance Policy
• More on Mortgages

Housing Market

Real Estate: Housing Market

The Housing Bust: A Statistical Portrait

How a fast-changing market swamped the economy.

• The Haunted Housing Market
• Bond Guru Bill Gross on the Housing Crisis
• Upscale Builder Toll Says Buyers are 'Hiding'
• More on the Housing Market

Buying and Selling

Real Estate: Buy or Sell?

Time to Purchase a House?

Don't try to predict the bottom before buying.

• 4 Smart Moves for Getting a Great Deal on a House
• 5 Tips for Selling a House in a Slow Market
• 6 Secrets of Internet Home Buying
• More on Buying and Selling

Foreclosures

Real Estate: Foreclosure

3 Key Ways to Buy Foreclosed Properties

It's not as easy as the infomercials make it look.

• Project Lifeline Really Project Band-Aid
• Talking with a Foreclosure Guru
• How to Not Lose Sleep Over Buying a Foreclosed Home
• More on Foreclosures

Renting

Real Estate: Rent

Rent - Don't Buy - Your Home

Renting has its virtues in this economy.

• It's Not Just Owners
• Moving Back with Parents Takes Planning
• Finding an Apartment on Craigslist: 5 Tips
• More on Renting

Remodeling

Real Estate: Remodel

Can't Sell? Then Try These Affordable Remodels

Quick fixes can make a big difference.

• 5 Remodeling Projects for Under $10,000
• Remodel That 1960s-Era Colonial

What to Know About Bush's Mortgage Plan

Mortgage moves will aid only a small group of borrowers—and only those who ask for help.

• Flowchart: Why Rate Freeze Won't Warm the Economy
• Capital Commerce Blog: This Fix Is Really an Insurance Policy

Real Estate in Retirement

• Low-Cost Retirement Destinations Do Exist
• A Permanent Homecoming
• Tips for Finding the Right Place
• Big Growth in Little Places
• Small is Beautiful

Breaking Real Estate News

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The Ticker

Kirk Shinkle

Stocks, Recession and Rate Cuts: This Time is Different

Thanksgiving Reading

• More from Kirk Shinkle

ALPHA CONSUMER

Kim Palmer

Interactive Graphic: Holiday Gift Guide

How to Shop Online Like an Expert

• More from Kimberly Palmer

CAPITAL COMMERCE

Jim Pethokoukis

Obama: Forget About That Windfall Profits Tax?

Will Killing the Big 3 Bailout Kill the GOP?

• More from James Pethokoukis

FRESH GREENS

Maura Judkis

Ford Accelerates Green Cars for Bailout

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• More from Maura Judkis

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Rick Newman

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Why Some Get a Bailout, Others Get Bluster

• More from Rick Newman

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