Home packs 'led to selling rush'
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The number of homes put up for sale surged in May as sellers tried to beat the launch of Home Information Packs.
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U.S. existing home sales posted  their largest gain in two years last month, a sign the housing  market may be climbing out of a slump, but orders for  big-ticket factory goods fell as businesses showed wariness  about the economy's health.
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Growing numbers of people are being squeezed out of the housing market, researchers have concluded.
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The average price of a home in the UK surged in January, according to official figures.
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The Countrywide buyout made the biggest headlines, but Friday's selling in New York had multiple causes.
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By Jeremy Maready, The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla.  Mar. 3--Looking for ways to move your house faster on the market?   You've read the books, listened to the experts and talked to your  friends.   Here's a new source for some ideas: The Home Depot.
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When Australian property developer Victor Ollis checked his bank account, he couldn't believe his luck. A technical error meant that a total of A$11m (Â£4.5m) had mistakenly poured into his account and he went on a spending spree.
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Business & money: Surge in smaller properties adds to reduction in average prices
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Some aggressive ways to buy a house can burn you later.
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Confusion over home information packs is fuelling a surge in the supply of houses, experts warn.
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By Matt Glynn  Home shoppers can be excused if they feel deja vu when they walk into a home for sale.  Thanks to an explosion of technology tools, prospective buyers can "tour" a home before they pull into the driveway to check it out.
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If you're lucky enough to own two homes, you may have recently packed up and moved to your summer residence. That's nice, but it can have tax consequences that are anything but a day at the beach.
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Property stocks came under pressure on Friday after a leading broker warned clients that now was not the time to venture back into the sector.
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Business & money: Â· Buyers renegotiate deal in face of tighter creditÂ· Housing sales fall for five successive months.
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An explosion in overdue mortgages tailored to home buyers with less-than-sterling credit has driven foreclosure filings to record highs in Massachusetts.
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Slowing real estate sales coupled with the subprime mortgage mess are two of the reasons some people say a recession is nigh.
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A pullback in commercial property lending has raised questions about whether a recent surge in real estate investment trust buyouts signaled a peak for private equity funds.