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Below are the latest real estate news headlines for buyers and sellers.
WSJ.com: Real EstateThe End of White Flight For much of the 20th century, the proportion of whites shrank in most U.S. cities. In recent years the decline has slowed considerably -- and in some significant cases has reversed. As neighborhoods grow more multicultural, conflicts over home prices and education are opening a new chapter in race relations.Read Article Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:55:00 EDT Let the Sunshine In Sick of high energy bills, our columnist investigates solar options.Read Article Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:48:00 EDT The Newest Cottage Industry Ross Chapin and Jim Soules build tract houses that are half the size of the average U.S. home and cost a lot more per square foot. What's surprising is how quickly they sell them. Now, other developers are starting to lean their way.Read Article Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:33:00 EDT Freddie Moves Toward Stock Sale Freddie Mac is considering raising capital by selling as much as $10 billion in new shares to investors. The move would have the potential to avoid a full-blown government rescue for Freddie and Fannie Mae. Friday, Freddie filed an SEC form to register its common stock, removing one obstacle that has kept the company from raising capital.Read Article Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:05:00 EDT Nicolas Cage Lists Vegas House Nicolas Cage lists a house in Las Vegas… Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer puts his Massachusetts home on the block… One of the most expensive houses ever for sale in the Bay Area is back on the market. PhotosRead Article Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:33:00 EDT Trying to Track Mortgage Mess Which states have been hardest hit by the mortgage crisis? It depends on who is doing the counting, and how. Data providers of foreclosure numbers use different methods and have different goals, making it difficult for legislators to get a grip on the problem.Read Article Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:19:00 EDT Public Debt Limit Enters Housing Debate House Democrats negotiating a rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said they wouldn't exempt the proposal from the annual debt limit, a move designed to quell lawmakers' concerns that the Treasury's financial aid could be unlimited.Read Article Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:58:00 EDT Against All Odds Over the past few years, real-estate entrepreneur Sam Nazarian has injected new buzz into the Hollywood club scene and now intends to resurrect Vegas with the same kind of cool. The odds, as they say, are against him.Read Article Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:57:00 EDT Beijing Hotels Face a Glut of Rooms Predictions that half-a-million overseas visitors would attend the Olympics accelerated a surge of hotel construction in China. But all that building may have produced a glut of rooms in one of the world's prized hotel markets.Read Article Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:57:00 EDT Too Many Malls, Too Few Tenants Mounting pain among retailers is slamming the brakes on what had been the hottest shopping center development trend of this decade: lifestyle centers, the open-air shopping venues offering small parks and restaurants amid name-brand stores.Read Article Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:59:00 EDT
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