2010 sees home prices sink by $1.7 trillion. Falling taxes deprive communities of crucial services.
The lender is well-positioned to be the best repository of homes when people realize that mortgage rates are done dropping and the scramble for housing begins.
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Stories about the death of commercial real estate and retail REITs have been just plain wrong.
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Writer evaluates successes and failures of her two-year attempt to be gentler to the environment. But did she save any money?
These exchange-traded funds in real estate have risen more than 30% in the past year.
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