Homeowners in three local subdivisions are buzzing about Bradenton-based Starwood Land Ventures' bid to take over the subdivisions from their financially troubled developer. ...more

December 16, 2009

Only about 10,000 homeowners have received permanent loan modifications under the Obama administration's mortgage relief plan, evidence of continuing challenges in the government's effort to stem the foreclosure crisis. ...more

December 10, 2009

The developers of the failed Trump Tower Tampa just can't shake The Donald. ...more

December 8, 2009

A New Jersey woman returned home from spending Thanksgiving with family days after she avoided foreclosure to find that the locks had been changed nevertheless. ...more

December 5, 2009

It's been said, sometimes whimsically, that "no good deed goes unpunished" and that has certainly proven true for the Spring Lake Improvement District Board. It is with great good fortune that the residents of Spring Lake are blessed with a board and district manager that does not spend time looking in the rear view mirror but instead is planning for the future of this fine community with its best interest at the forefront. ...more

December 3, 2009

As part of a broad effort to boost participation in its mortgage assistance program, the Obama administration will crack down on mortgage companies that are failing to do enough to help borrowers at risk of foreclosure. ...more

December 1, 2009

The Obama administration will crack down on mortgage companies that are failing to do enough to help borrowers at risk of foreclosure, as part of a broad effort to boost participation in its mortgage assistance program. ...more

November 30, 2009

Here's a radical notion: Let's rethink the cult of homeownership in America. Why, a sensible person might ask, do we need to do this when millions of homeowners faced foreclosure in the last year alone, and an estimated 15 million more own homes worth less than their mortgages? Clearly, one might conclude, the bloom is already off the homeownership rose. ...more

November 29, 2009

A rising number of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. ...more

November 20, 2009

even some that appear successful - are teetering on foreclosure. ...more

November 13, 2009