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REAL ESTATE
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Sacramento's 'Blueprint' for Growth
In Idaho, Ski Resort's Promise Fades
Sweden Sells Property Firm
TEARDOWN DIARY
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CRANKY CONSUMER
Buying a Sense of Security for the Home
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Energy Rights for Sale, but at What Cost?
HOUSE TALK By JUNE FLETCHER
Finding Foreclosures, Screening Deadbeats![[go to article]](http://mowser.com/img?url=http%3A%2F%2Fs.wsj.net%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fimages%2FOB-BT465_houset_20080702150551.jpg)
IndyMac Works With U.S. Regulators
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Florida Files Countrywide Lawsuit
Sacramento's 'Blueprint' for Growth
Sacramento has become one of the nation's most-watched experiments in whether urban planning can help solve everything from high gas prices to the housing bust to global warming.
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In Idaho, Ski Resort's Promise Fades
A luxury ski resort brought prosperity to Donnelly, Idaho, a small town with 158 residents. Then, last winter, building all but stopped after financing dried up.
Sweden Sells Property Firm
Sweden sold property firm Vasakronan to Fastigheter for $6.88 billion, continuing its privatization drive.
TEARDOWN DIARY
The Home Insulation Conundrum
Fiberglass or foam spray? Figuring out what kind of insulation to use in a new house turns out to be a complicated calculation.
CRANKY CONSUMER
Buying a Sense of Security for the Home
Randall Enos
How would different security companies configure a home with a system, and what would they charge to alert the police about triggered motion sensors? Here's a look at ADT, Brink's, Monitronics and Protection One.
Energy Rights for Sale, but at What Cost?
Financial opportunity is outweighing environmental issues for property owners swept up in a land grab by energy companies targeting gas reserves. Rights for deep drilling are fetching as much as $2,500 an acre, or more.
HOUSE TALK By JUNE FLETCHER
Finding Foreclosures, Screening Deadbeats
June Fletcher offers her take on two recently launched sites: RentBureau.com, which helps landlords screen tenants and ForeclosurePoint.com, a listing service.
IndyMac Works With U.S. Regulators
IndyMac is working with U.S. regulators on a plan to shore up the company's "safety and soundness."
Banks Are Freezing Lines of Credit
As lenders recoil from falling home prices and mortgage defaults, many have been reeling in credit lines or freezing them. If your home-equity line of credit has been frozen, and you need access to the funds, here are some tips.
Florida Files Countrywide Lawsuit
Florida filed a lawsuit against Countrywide and its chief executive, alleging the mortgage company engaged in deceptive and unfair trade practices. (Complaint)
Where Utility Bills Are Low
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One way to avoid electric shock is to live where the kilowatts don't kill your budget. These three homes are served by utilities that charge among the lowest rates in the nation.
Jul 5, 1:07 pm
WSJ's Nick Timiraos writes: Landlords continue to see a strong rental market undercut by a “shadow market” — the glut of unsold homes on the market as rentals. But the housing downturn continues to provide landlords with solid rent increases nonetheless, as more homeowners become renters and as existing renters defer homeownership. Rents climbed by 1.1% last [...]
Jul 3, 8:00 am
Associated Press WSJ columnist June Fletcher writes: Given the latest figures from the Mortgage Bankers Association, the foreclosure crisis isn’t about to disappear soon, even with the help of Hope Now and other government programs designed to help borrowers in trouble. More than one million homes are currently in foreclosure, and the total seasonally-adjusted rate of delinquency [...]
Jul 2, 12:00 am
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House of the Week
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The Governor Slept Here: Tour a 7,500-square-foot home in Winchester, Mass., with nine bedrooms, four full baths on 1.1 acres. Massachusetts Gov. Samuel W. McCall had this home built in Arts & Crafts and English Tudor style around 1902 and lived and worked here during his term as governor from 1916 to 1919.
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