Quarterly real estate report: Distressed deals en vogue

BY THE NUMBERS 65 percent: The percentage of existing home sales in Washoe County in the first quarter that involved a distressed property. At least 933 of the 1,436 existing homes sold during the first three months of this year were either a short sale or bank-owned property.

Is it possible to swerve stamp duty on land and property?

A lot has been made recently in the press about buyers of some of the UK's most expensive homes avoiding stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by purchasing their home through a company.

MANVILLE: New law gives potential source for flood buyouts

Homeowners of flood-prone properties may have a slightly easier path to having their municipalities buy their homes.

London Landlords Facing Rents of Zero Turn Offices to Condos

More people will be making their homes among the banks and insurance companies of central London as a shrinking financial industry and the prospect of leasing out buildings for free prompts landlords to convert offices into luxury apartments.

Sentencing postponed for former Conway manufactured home dealer

A sentencing hearing for former Conway manufactured home dealer Glenn Vaught, who pleaded guilty last year to a felony mortgage fraud charge, was postponed Wednesday after mortgage broker Nancy Kennedy showed up in the courtroom to testify against him.