Eco Friendly Housing

Citigroup will suspend foreclosures and evictions for 30 days, giving 4,000 at-risk borrowers a break during the holiday season, the company said Thursday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/gqh9cniikMc" height="1" width="1"/

Home building rebounded from a six-month low in November, with improvement in new home construction in all sections of the nation, according to a government report issued Wednesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/8z6I8HH-s7c" height="1" width="1"/

Question: How do REITs work? And is it prudent to have them in a diversified retirement portfolio? --M. C., Indianapolis, Indianaimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/cK5V3ciIBWA" height="1" width="1"/

At 8 a.m., homeowner Rodney Wynn was drowning under his $1,800-per-month, 13.4% interest rate mortgage. But by 5 p.m., he had found some relief: a 4.7% loan with a $970 monthly payment.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/2jj5uY--zd8" height="1" width="1"/

Lounging in his giant conference room in an otherwise bland office suite near Long Island's Nassau Coliseum, Lewis Ranieri cultivates the image of a worldly philosopher. The 62-year-old financier prides himself on being a big thinker who conjures elegant solutions to epic problems.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/bh5u1YtglIk" height="1" width="1"/

The home-equity line of credit fueled thousands of extreme kitchen makeovers during the real estate boom. But the housing bust and the credit crisis stopped the HELOC party with a vengeance: Tens of thousands of homeowners had their lines cut or frozen, and most lenders stopped issuing new ones altogether.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/CNy2iIGNfn4" height="1" width="1"/

In a stay-put real estate market, some of the best gifts are home-improvement tools.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Dm89iOu70Xc" height="1" width="1"/

Executives for mortgage companies and government officials faced an angry congressional committee Tuesday concerning some of the problems with the Obama administration's mortgage-aid program aimed at avoiding foreclosures.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/oP5eViLVIbE" height="1" width="1"/

Only about 4% of troubled borrowers have received long-term help under the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program, Treasury officials said Thursday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/b_NElx64UnY" height="1" width="1"/

Foreclosure filings fell by 8% in November, making it the fourth consecutive month of improvement in the housing market.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/4mh1Z_gv_wI" height="1" width="1"/