have been surging in African-American neighborhoods, according to analysts working with the Woodstock Institute in Chicago.

continued to put downward pressures on the construction industry in the area, based on data from the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association in North Carolina and the Associated General Contractors of America.

have been surging in high-end communities over the past several months, according to reports from a Texas-based foreclosure tracking firm and the North Texas Realtors.

pushed home prices down and drove the city to become third in a ranking of U.S. cities with the biggest percentage of homes sold with price discounts as of the start of December, based on listings tracked by a real

are still high compared to other metro areas, but home values, home prices and sales of homes from builders in the city have been improving, based on reports from real estate research companies and from the Colorado Division of Housing.

soared by more than 300 percent in November, based on a foreclosure report released by a real estate research company.

are being contained by the Home Affordable Modification Program based on data recently released by the U.S. Treasury Department.

should not be sold to opportunistic landlords, according to tenant advocacy groups and residents of Bronx and other parts of .

Dallas and surpassed 61,000 residential units this year, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

have pulled down three more banks as unpaid commercial and residential real estate loans became too heavy for the three banks to bear.

drove record home sales in October, based on data from the Greater Tampa Association of Realtors and Florida Realtors.

climbed back up in November as the economy slumped, based on data from Associated Press, the California Department of Employment Development and a California-based foreclosure tracking firm.

contributed significantly to the reduction of total home values in the area by $9.3 billion since the start of the year, based on data from a real estate marketing company. The loss represented nearly 3 percent of total home values

rose in October compared to foreclosures in October last year as the statewide unemployment rate also climbed up.

including more than 140 residential units seized by state officials in the northern part of the city last year from a fraudulent mortgage scheme, will be fixed and resold under the expanded Minneapolis Advantage program.

accounted for almost 32 percent of all house sales in October, based on data from a market research provider.

climbed up by more than 9 percent in October from September, according to a report from a research firm. The analysts said that the increase showed that lenders pursued foreclosures on mortgages that were not saved by loan modifications or

continue to batter the commercial property sector in South Florida. The crisis that started in the residential sector is now engulfing commercial properties in many cities of the country. Every week, news on continues to appear in business journals.

reached their highest level this year in more than two decades, according to a Texas-based firm that tracks foreclosures.

are now dominating , as foreclosure postings continued to rise in the state, based on reports from real property tracking firm Warren Group, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and other foreclosure analysts.