http://www.getgreenusa.com Green Home Weblog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:12:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More than 170,000 troubled homeowners are breathing a lasting sigh of relief now that they've received permanent modifications under the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Cktmw7x72nI" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/mortgage-help-170000-get-aid/ Living with an undersize, outdated kitchen? If so, a sledgehammer may feel like the only solution. But these days you're probably not up for spending the $50,000 or more -- maybe much more -- it would cost to demolish the space and build a new state-of-the-art room from scratch.img ... http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/the-three-figure-kitchen-makeover/ Erin and Robert Smith had no problem handling the $2,000 monthly payment on their home ... until they lost their jobs.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/OxUZuDaKM0s" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/cant-make-your-mortgage-get-an-emergency-loan/ Economists have long been predicting commercial real estate could be the next day of reckoning for the financial markets, with a wave of defaults looming as billions of dollars in troubled loans come due in the coming months.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Q1QNfxwwM9g" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/a-plan-to-save-commercial-real-estate/ Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is saying adios to the Big Apple and selling his Fifth Avenue penthouse, asking almost $14 million.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/rAuDqV6lIgc" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/rush-limbaugh-wants-14-million-for-his-nyc-penthouse/ If you've been holding off on a real estate purchase, glimmers of a turnaround in the housing market may have you wondering if it's finally time to make your move.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/wsz1Yki0DQ4" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/nab-a-real-estate-deal-while-you-still-can/ Battered by the housing crisis, mortgage finance company Fannie Mae said Friday that it needs another $15.3 billion in bailout money from the federal government.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/J6cESxSze_I" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/fannie-to-us-we-need-another-153-billion/ Sales of existing homes unexpectedly fell in January, according to an industry report published Friday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/r9Lyevl1DfM" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/existing-home-sales-drop/ The Mortgage Bankers Association proposed a forbearance program Wednesday aimed at helping the unemployed pay their mortgages for up to nine months.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/jxCNThvxMv4" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/mortgage-servicers-offer-aid-plan-for-jobless/ Despite signs that the real estate market might be lurching forward, prices are expected to fall further this year.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/VMc2dnTuCjQ" height="1" width="1"/Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com http://www.getgreenusa.com/news/duck-watch-out-for-falling-home-prices/