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25 Best Places for job growth

No. 8 Broomfield County, Colo., saw jobs soar 50% in the past nine years. Where has there been even more growth?

Foreclosures fall 5%

The foreclosure plague seems to have reached its peak and started to fade, but the recovery is still fragile.

America’s Best Places to Live

These terrific small cities — even now — boast plenty of jobs, great schools, safe streets, low crime, lots to do, and more. See Money’s top 100 — including detailed city profiles, homes for sale, and job openings.

Home-buying loan applications at 13-year low

Mortgage applications to buy a home plunged last week – to the lowest level in more than 13 years – as the housing recovery continued to struggle following the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit, an industry group said Wednesday.

America’s most overvalued cities

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Foreclosures: How bad is your state?

Real estate’s accidental recovery

Back in 2009, when there was no market for securitizations and credit was still mostly frozen, a group of experts including Paul Volcker called for a return to an old strategy as a way out of the financial crisis: Start up another Resolution Trust Corp.

A home for LeBron

We can’t help the NBA superstar decide which team he should play for. But we do know a thing or two about real estate. Some house hunting tips for King James.

Pending home sales ‘fell off a cliff’

The experts expected home sales to drop once the homebuyer tax credit lapsed at the end of April, but the depth of the decrease was shocking.

Tall tales your contractor tells

Even honest contractors occasionally play a bit fast and loose with the truth. All tradesmen are looking to maximize profits and minimize hassle — and that can end up costing you extra money. So don’t take everything a contractor says as gospel, says David Fogt, chief of enforcement for the California Contractors State License Board. Try these strategies to neutralize three classic fibs without harming your working rapport.

Manhattan housing on the rebound

Manhattan home prices held steady during the second quarter of 2010 but transactions were 81% higher than this time last year, according to several real estate market reports released Thursday.

Foreclosures sell at 30% discount

Foreclosures accounted for a third of all sales — and sold at a nearly 30% discount — during the first three months of 2010.

Homebuyer credit extension heads to Obama

First-time homebuyers will have until Sept. 30 to close on their purchases and land an $8,000 tax credit under a bill passed by the Senate late Wednesday.

What Wall Street reform means to your mortgage

Predatory lending would likely become a thing of the past if proposed regulatory reform rules are put into practice. And that may mean that mortgages get more expensive and more difficult to get, lenders warn.

Beaten-down condos: ‘Deals of lifetime’

For the first time in years there is a glimmer of hope in the condo market. After falling 20% nationwide and 60% or more in the hardest-hit areas, median condo prices remained flat nationally in the first quarter vs. a year earlier.

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