Tax lien surprise disrupts escrow

REThink Real Estate

Are HELOCs doomed?

If credit dries up, more will have trouble paying living expenses

The escrow headache

Why won't lender let borrower handle property taxes, insurance?

Religious family complicates life for tenants

Rent it Right

Financing closing costs may be unwise

If loan amount crosses 'pricing notch point,' buyer beware

Credit crisis delaying home purchases

Loan approval, contingencies, defects take center stage

Better roof longevity: composition or concrete?

Couple wants material to last 35 years

Is predatory lending a thing of the past?

New consumer safeguards proposed

Dear Lender, take my house keys

Circumstances that cause homeowners to give up hope

Couple's dream home vandalized before closing

Health concerns may force buyers to cancel deal

HOA: Replace windows or face wrath

Owner upset after committee approves then rejects project

Online home listings don't tell whole story

What buyers should know before making offer

Trading houses creates host of problems

Simple plan likely a red flag for IRS

Prospects brighten for hard-money lenders

Some borrowers have nowhere else to turn

Breaking the financial crisis

A proposal for 'mortgage payment insurance'