Eco Friendly Housing

The drama is nearly over. After a decade of extremes -- the ebullient highs of the real estate boom, then the devastating lows of the bust -- calmer forces are beginning to prevail in the housing market.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/r3PaYkWxwf8" height="1" width="1"/

Don't mess with Texas! Cities in the Lone Star State were among the fastest growing places in 2009.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/0fUCWiDDKm0" height="1" width="1"/

Homes in West Palm Beach, Florida are heading for a steep decline of 18.5% this year. Find out what other areas haven't yet hit bottom.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/wQBWDNszHaM" height="1" width="1"/

Lucky homeowners in some areas will finally start seeing some appreciation this year, while others can expect real estate prices to keep sinking. Find out what 2010 has in store for home values in your area.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/FEvx3dt3h1c" height="1" width="1"/

Real estate prices in Santa Rosa, California are heading higher. What other cities are projected to enjoy home price gains in 2010?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/ZkGLRpbcpKM" height="1" width="1"/

Hate the mess your home has deteriorated into but you don't have the time or means to do a comprehensive redecorating job? Or maybe it's time to sell your place, but you don't know how to show it off to best effect?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/PrSG_aDwl04" height="1" width="1"/

Living with an undersize, outdated kitchen? If so, a sledgehammer may feel like the only solution. But these days you're probably not up for spending the $50,000 or more -- maybe much more -- it would cost to demolish the space and build a new state-of-the-art room from scratch.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/_8hGwTATAeA" height="1" width="1"/

Lots of people, especially those trying to battle high utility bills, believe in energy-efficient homebuilding.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/w0Wycmv4vpg" height="1" width="1"/

Erin and Robert Smith had no problem handling the $2,000 monthly payment on their home ... until they lost their jobs.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/OxUZuDaKM0s" height="1" width="1"/

Economists have long been predicting commercial real estate could be the next day of reckoning for the financial markets, with a wave of defaults looming as billions of dollars in troubled loans come due in the coming months.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Q1QNfxwwM9g" height="1" width="1"/