Investor's Business Daily - The end of the federal tax credit for homebuyers is fast approaching. That means crunch time for parents who want to help their kids buy a place as inexpensively as possible...Read More
AP - The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could threaten the housing market...Read More
AP - FORECLOSURES UP: Foreclosure listing service RealtyTrac says the number of households facing foreclosure last month grew 6 percent from a year ago...Read More
AP - Nationalized mortgage lender Northern Rock said Wednesday that it returned to profit in the second half of 2009 as interest income rose and losses on loans fell...Read More
AP - Commercial mortgages were among the best-performing loans and leases held by banks and thrifts in the fourth quarter of last year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Tuesday...Read More
The Helmsley Carlton House is being sold to a partnership between private-equity firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Extell Development for about $170 million...Read More
Kennedy Funding, a New Jersey lender to cash-strapped real-estate developers, has plenty of experience going after debtors who fall behind on their payments. But now it's Kennedy's turn to get squeezed....Read More
With European property markets beginning to recover from the market downturn and global recession, there are signs that the REIT revolution could be at hand....Read More
A handful of investors dug to the bottom of the discount bin and snapped up General Growth's convertible bonds at three cents on the dollar. They now trade at 103 cents....Read More
The national foreclosure rate fell 2% in February from a month earlier, according to an industry report released Thursday, the latest sign that the pace of foreclosures is slowing....Read More
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....Read More
If you've been holding off on a real estate purchase, glimmers of a turnaround in the housing market may have you wondering if it's finally time to make your move....Read More
Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press....Read More
Investigators have been unable to substantiate or refute claims that students were abused physically and sexually some 40 years ago at a state reform school, according to a final report issued Thursday....Read More
A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state....Read More
Progress in Haiti is slow, and it will take years to rebuild, the Haitian Consul General in Miami said while visiting Tampa this evening.
"The situation in Haiti is improving, but not enough, very slowly," Ralph Latortue said. "It's going to be a very long process."...Read More
A high school band director has been jailed after being accused of molesting one of his students in the band room. Raphael J. McLean, 26, was charged with one count of lewd and lascivious molestation, a felony. He was taken to the Pinellas County Jail, where bond is set at $20,000....Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Florida watched a nine-point halftime lead dwindle down to a single point early in the second half of their SEC Tournament opener Thursday night. But the Gators responded with a 13-0 run to regain control and defeat Auburn 78-69, probably saving their hopes of an NCAA Tournament bid....Read More
Pinellas Park Police say at about 9:30 p.m., two adult pedestrians were struck by a car heading northbound on U.S. 19 as they attempted to cross the street. Read More
The Hernando County Sheriff's Office released documents shedding light into the deaths of a prominent doctor, Robert Blackburn, and his wife, Sarah. Read More