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The $8,000 homebuyer tax credit has had an impact: Reports from around the nation are that contract signings have been way up the past few weeks as people prepare for the credit to expire on Friday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/2WIkC0KxoXM" height="1" width="1"/

In a city filled with foreclosures and abandoned buildings, East Warren Avenue on Detroit's east side could be called the epicenter. Banks own 1,331 buildings in the surrounding 48224 zip code. More than 7 percent of homes in the area were in foreclosure last year -- the highest rate in the city.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/I7SIQg1JDts" height="1" width="1"/

The years-long trend of Americans buying homes and expatriating to Mexico has collapsed, done in by a trifecta of the recession, swine flu and an epic crime wave.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/WfBWFVY_Oq4" height="1" width="1"/

Shares of major U.S. homebuilders rallied Friday, even as the broader market sputtered, after the government reported a surge in new home sales.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/aEMqkojejJ8" height="1" width="1"/

Existing home sales jumped 6.8% in March, with home buyers racing to get a tax credit that expires in April, according to a real estate industry report released Thursday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/R0cnGamLMKg" height="1" width="1"/

The housing market has seen some positive signs recently, such as stabilizing home prices and increased sales, but foreclosures continue to haunt the market.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/zWomRLx7wOc" height="1" width="1"/

Buying a home is the biggest purchase most people will ever make, yet many go into it blind. Here are the 6 most common -- and costly -- mistakes homebuyers make.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/uVzOAvEnQkA" height="1" width="1"/

There's a condo for sale in Manhattan and if there's a more expensive apartment on the market, we'd like to see it. Seriously, we would really like to see it.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/PDlh-iUw8Ts" height="1" width="1"/

In the latest sign of improvement in the housing market, applications for permits to build new homes jumped 7.5% in March, the government said Friday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/PaTAFqGkSXA" height="1" width="1"/

The Obama administration's mortgage-modification program is not keeping pace with the deluge of foreclosures hitting the market, a government watchdog found.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/nF2DnVXefXc" height="1" width="1"/