Foreclosures accounted for a third of all sales -- and sold at a nearly 30% discount -- during the first three months of 2010.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/jC6wVGhDS4I" height="1" width="1"/

Home prices rose 0.8% in April compared with March and were up 3.8% from a year ago, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 major housing markets. However, prices, are still off 30% from their peak.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/uiZWsyVwLOg" height="1" width="1"/

Predatory lending would likely become a thing of the past if proposed regulatory reform rules are put into practice. And that may mean that mortgages get more expensive and more difficult to get, lenders warn.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Txe7PRwshfE" height="1" width="1"/

For the first time in years there is a glimmer of hope in the condo market. After falling 20% nationwide and 60% or more in the hardest-hit areas, median condo prices remained flat nationally in the first quarter vs. a year earlier.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/35rFYpohLkQ" height="1" width="1"/

Some homebuyers are angling to claim the $8,000 tax credit even though they missed the deadline.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/1mpkkmyYB6g" height="1" width="1"/

The housing market took a big step back in the month of May. There's no disputing that.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/ygiIir2S7JU" height="1" width="1"/

Nearly 200,000 homebuyers could lose out on the $8,000 tax credit because they can't get deals done by the June 30 deadline.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/F35vnmwKWO4" height="1" width="1"/

Several banks are gearing up to do a whole lot more mortgage lending in the future.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/8CfDT-PGbdQ" height="1" width="1"/

Five states hit hard by the mortgage crisis will soon share $1.5 billion in federal funds to help the unemployed and the underwater who owe more than their homes are worth.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/FkzofOA002M" height="1" width="1"/

More than half of all homeowners with modified mortgages fell at least two months behind in their payments a year after the adjustment was made, according to a federal report released Wednesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/8ZgD-wkU6DY" height="1" width="1"/