The Short Sale: Prohibited Practice Could Help Solve Foreclosure Crisis

Housing investors and advocates are embracing a new strategy to keep struggling borrowers in their homes: Purchasing houses from homeowners who can no longer afford to pay the mortgage, then leasing the property back to the previous owner at an affordable rent.

Spanish Banks Hit Recovery With Discriminatory Loans: Mortgages

Spain’s banks, saddled with 329,000 foreclosed homes, are still willing to provide mortgages, as long as the borrower wants to buy one of their properties, according to a consumer-rights group. That’s no help to homeowners and developers seeking to sell.

Spanish Banks Get Results With Skewed Lending

Spain’s banks, saddled with 329,000 foreclosed homes, are still willing to provide mortgages, as long as the borrower wants to buy one of their properties, according to a consumer-rights group. That’s no help to homeowners and developers seeking to sell.

Resolutions: Make homeownership dream a reality

Even with the scars left by the housing mess, homeownership is still a goal for many Americans

Tips on Buying Foreclosed Properties

Experts are bracing for another wave of foreclosure to hit the already-weak housing market this year. Coupled with low interest rates, this could be a great opportunity for homebuyers to pick up a home or investment property at a bargain--if they know what they are doing.