Chicago Tribune - It was 15 months ago that the Tribune broke the story about the unusual but evidently quite legal real estate deal between U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and controversial businessman Tony Rezko. The deal, involving the purchase of adjoining properties in
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Slow sales expand Pulte’s losing skid
Detroit Free Press - Bloomfield Hills-based Pulte Homes Inc. reported its fifth consecutive quarterly loss as tumbling sales forced it to write down the value of real estate. The fourth-quarter net loss widened to $874.7 million, or $3.46 a share, from $8.4 million, or 3
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Register-News - MT. VERNON The real estate market in Jefferson County has been on the rise since at least 2006, according to information from local real estate agents. In 2006 in Jefferson County, our sales were up 8 percent, Tom Cox of Coldwell Banker

Florida’s primary concern is turmoil over real estate
Seattle Times - But as in the rest of the state, construction has slowed and the real estate market has calcified. There are for-sale signs on nearly every block, and some newly built subdivisions sit half-empty. John Groenendaal, a city planner for St. Cloud, said

Tousa, Florida Homebuilder, Files for Bankruptcy (Update7)
Bloomberg - Exclusive Worldwide Regions Markets Economy Politics Industries Consumer Energy Finance Health Care Insurance Real Estate Technology Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — Tousa Inc., the homebuilder that lost 98 percent of its market value in the past year, sought

Philadelphia Inquirer - 2417 Avondale Ave Joseph Hartman to Wendi A and John P Murphy, $189,000. 446 Cricket Ave James Galasso to William and Sapna Shaughnessy, $350,000. 1122 Edge Hill Rd Karen C and Frederick V Allard to Theresa J and Michael F Gordon, $265,500. 1532

Holiday Mathis horoscopes for Jan. 20
Chicago Sun-Times - The sun enters Aquarius today, and life is a trip to the outer limits. Now that we can buy real estate on the airwaves and camp out on other people’s bandwidths, what’s next? Funny thing, the future — we scheme, dream, hope and plan, but the future

Home Resales Probably Fell in December: U.S. Economy Preview
Bloomberg - Falling property values and tougher borrowing rules will lead to more foreclosures and keep the real-estate market in recession for most of this year, economists said. A housing- related slump in consumer spending poses the biggest risk to the