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As 2011 began 12 months ago, few observers were making rosy predictions. But many expected the housing standoff to be at least partially resolved by year’s end. It was not to be. 2010 ended with the foreclosure process all but paralyzed, in the wake of signing scandals involving the big mortgage ...

During the housing boom, while rising prices were inspiring giddy exuberance among consumers (and their agents), some analysts saw a particularly troubling danger signal: Home values were outstripping income. Eventually, buyers wouldn’t be able to afford those attractive homes anymore, and the bu...

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If you’re a real estate agent who struggled through 2011, you might be justifiably nervous about facing another year. What’s the market going to be like in 2012? As you’ve probably noticed, analysts who try to predict an end to the housing downturn keep pushing the goalposts back: Some now say pr...

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Everyone is mad at the big mortgage servicers. Homeowners have filed innumerable lawsuits over faulty foreclosures and mangled modifications. Law enforcement officials in all 50 states—along with the U.S. Justice Department—have launched investigations that should eventually result in big monetar...

Yes, home prices are still falling—just not as fast as before. That’s the news from industry analysts CoreLogic and Lender Processing Services (LPS). You’ll remember the worst days of the housing decline in 2007-2008, when prices fell at an average annual rate of 13.8 percent. Now, it’s down to 4...