02/11/2008

Countrywide expanding program to help subprime borrowers
Countrywide Financial Corp., under pressure to help stem growing home loan defaults, says it will expand programs to help borrowers manage their mortgage payments regardless of the type of subprime loan they have or whether they have already fallen behind on payments.

12/31/2007

U.S. pre-owned home sales inch up 0.4%
Sales of previously owned homes inched up in November but that didn’t change the overall bleak picture for an ailing housing industry that has been suffering through a painful slump.

12/27/2007

Dallas home prices slip 0.1%
Local home prices were down just 0.1 percent in October from a year earlier in the monthly S&P/Case-Shiller National U.S. Home Price Index which was released Wednesday. This was the first time Dallas housing prices had turned negative in the annual comparison.

12/18/2007

Fed endorses rules on subprime lending
The Federal Reserve unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would give people taking out home mortgages new protections against shady lending practices.

12/19/2007

Texas homeowners insurance premiums still highest in United States
A new study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners showed that the average annual premium in Texas for the most common homeowner policy was $1,372 a year, considerably more than the nationwide average of $764.

12/14/2007

Dallas-Fort Worth sellers trim home prices for seasonal sales

MICHAEL HOGUE/DMN

After putting houses on the market in the summer and getting no takers, many sellers are trimming costs in hopes of landing a winter sale.
• Dallas-Fort Worth pending foreclosures jump 4%

12/13/2007

House panel OKs bankruptcy relief for homeowners
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved legislation to help keep bankrupt borrowers from losing their homes as Congress aims to limit foreclosures in the subprime-mortgage crisis.

12/11/2007

Dallas-Fort Worth home sales fall 16%

AP

November was another down month for Dallas-Fort Worth home sales, according to fresh data released Monday. While sales were down, median house sales prices in the area were unchanged from a year earlier at $145,000.
Realtors lift 2008 housing forecast

12/07/2007

Suburbs are home of foreclosure woes
There's plenty of misery to go around in the current home foreclosure flood.

It's unclear how many Texans mortgage plan could help
Analysts are unsure how many North Texas homeowners might qualify for help under the plan announced Thursday by President Bush.

12/06/2007

Home foreclosures hit record high in third quarter
Home foreclosures shot up to an all-time high in the third quarter, fresh evidence of the problems afflicting distressed homeowners amid the housing meltdown.