The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees.


World Trade Center - Islam - Real estate - New York City - September 11 2001

The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased in July but remained well below last year's levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak.


Contract - Business - National Association of Realtors - Residential Housing - Construction and Maintenance

Major banks are agreeing to give local governments and nonprofit groups the ability to buy foreclosed homes before they are sold to private investors.


Foreclosure - United States - Local government - Non-profit organization - Real estate

Mortgage applications rose 2.7 percent last week as more borrowers took advantage of the lowest rates in decades to reduce their monthly loan payments.


Mortgage - Loan - Business - Financial services - United States

You look back 10 years, what did you get? A little bit cleaner and deeper in debt. With apologies to Tennessee Ernie Ford, that’s a brief synopsis of how U.S. home life has changed during the past decade.


United States - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Tennessee - Government - Shopping

Home prices rose in June for a third straight month as now-expired tax credits inspired a burst of home-buying.


Home - United States - Accounting - Tax - Conferences

Home prices rose in June for the third straight month amid a burst of home-buying due to tax incentives that have since expired.


Home - United States - Accounting - Tax - Conferences

The Obama administration has not decided whether it should resurrect a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said.


Shaun Donovan - Presidency of Barack Obama - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - United States - Business