Read more real estate stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/431/real-estate.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:53:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74457/fha-helps-high-end-buyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the government last year doubled the amount the FHA will guarantee on a home loan, to more than $700,000, it moved the agency into uncharted territory: backing loans for the middle-class and the wealthy, too. It also moved the FHA, designed to help low-income buyers who can't raise...http://www.newser.com/story/74457/fha-helps-high-end-buyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 5:34:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73093/renters-feel-the-landlord-love.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTime was, the landlord's knock could inspire dread and bogus excuses. But as apartment vacancies soar, these days he's more likely to drop by to offer you a flat-screen TV, cash, or reduced rent if you re-up your lease. "Many companies are doing whatever they can to keep units occupied,...http://www.newser.com/story/73093/renters-feel-the-landlord-love.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 6:19:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72988/condos-under-sf-bridge-blogosphere-loves-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge due to go out of commission when its replacement is completed (current ETA: 2013), a campaign is amping up in the blogosphere to keep it around as a pimped-out version of New York’s popular High Line. The Bay Line—or,...http://www.newser.com/story/72988/condos-under-sf-bridge-blogosphere-loves-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 5:44:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72658/home-prices-climb-in-august.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS home prices rose for the third straight month in August, data released today showed, a key sign for a broad and sustained housing recovery. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities climbed 1% from July to a seasonally adjusted reading of 144.5. While prices are down...http://www.newser.com/story/72658/home-prices-climb-in-august.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 9:03:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71901/how-australia-dodged-the-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralia has weathered the financial crisis better than any other developed country. Last week its central bank raised interest rates, indicating its primary concern is now inflation, not growth. What were the keys? Phil Dobbie of BNET explains: Befriending China: Australia used to export much of what it made to...http://www.newser.com/story/71901/how-australia-dodged-the-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 17:42:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71763/worlds-priciest-apartment-sells-for-56m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mainland Chinese buyer has purchased the most expensive apartment in the world, a duplex at the top of a Hong Kong highrise selling for $56.6 million. Hong Kong exited recession in the second quarter and its property market has rebounded strongly, although with prices up 30% this year...http://www.newser.com/story/71763/worlds-priciest-apartment-sells-for-56m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 5:50:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71044/vacancy-rate-hits-23-year-high-as-renters-fade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApartment vacancies have hit a 23-year high, as rampant unemployment continues to drive down demand, according to a New York real-estate research firm. That’s brought rents down an average 2.7% compared to last year—and the 7.8% vacancy rate is expected to climb. “The experience was night-and-day different”...http://www.newser.com/story/71044/vacancy-rate-hits-23-year-high-as-renters-fade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 9:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70347/feds-weigh-new-bailouts-for-smaller-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the residential and commercial real-estate markets continuing to hammer smaller US banks, the Treasury and other federal agencies are trying to diagram help for institutions considered too much of a gamble under original bailout terms. Congressional Democrats are “very, very supportive” of such a move, a source tells AP,...http://www.newser.com/story/70347/feds-weigh-new-bailouts-for-smaller-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 18:40:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69998/blue-dog-gets-real-estate-windfall-from-drug-company.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArkansas Rep. Mike Ross, a Blue Dog Democrat who’s taken a leading role in the health care debate, sold a piece of commercial real estate to a pharmaceutical company for an eye-popping sum in 2007, Pro Publica reports. USA Drug paid $420,000 for the property in Prescott, Ark.—substantially...http://www.newser.com/story/69998/blue-dog-gets-real-estate-windfall-from-drug-company.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 10:55:55 CDT