Real Estate

• Fixed mortgage rates fall toward 2011 lows
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Fixed mortgage rates fell this week, and the rate on the 15-year loan dropped to its lowest point of the year.
   
  
• Boston Cardinal O'Malley to sell 6 churches
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  BOSTON (AP) - Cardinal Sean O'Malley has paved the way for the Boston Archdiocese to sell six churches, including three where parishioners have been holding protest vigils since their parishes were closed in 2004.
   
  
• China to keep tight controls on property market
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  SHANGHAI (AP) - China's premier says the government will keep controls on property deals in place to help fend off a speculative bubble, reflecting top-level unease over limited progress in cooling the overheated market.
   
  
• Borrowers sue over apparent loan mod mishaps
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - It seemed Maria Campusano's financial problems were behind her when the mortgage on her Victorian home in a Massachusetts mill town was chopped by hundreds of dollars a month.
   
  
• Home sales fell to 2011 low, few 1st-time buyers
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Fewer people purchased previously occupied homes in May, lowering sales to their weakest point of the year.
   
  
• Home sales fall to 2011 low; few 1st-time buyers
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Fewer people bought previously occupied homes in May, lowering sales to their weakest point of the year.