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• Losses at Home Builder Widen on Write-Downs

  The homebuilder reported a quarterly loss of $799.9 million as it took more than $1 billion in write-downs tied to declining land values and as sales fell by almost half. Posted Nov 26 2008, 01:20 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Company Reports, Housing, D R Horton Inc|DHI|NYSE

• Square Feet: Debt Struggles and Elderly Living

  The credit crisis is battering the two largest publicly traded operators of housing for the elderly. Posted Nov 26 2008, 01:15 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Housing, Nursing Homes, Elderly

• Home Prices Plunge in October

  The median sales price plunged 11.3 percent from a year ago to $183,000, and sales of existing homes fell more than expected, a real estate trade group said. Posted Nov 24 2008, 10:17 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Housing, Sales, National Assn of Realtors

• Unable to Sell Homes, Elderly Forgo Move to Assisted Living

  The housing crisis has kept thousands of older Americans from moving into retirement communities. Posted Nov 23 2008, 06:50 AM by NYT > Health Filed under: United States Economy, Housing, Retirement Communities and Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Elder Care, Elderly, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• In the Region | Long Island: Renovators Hit the Brakes

  Homeowners who are poised to embark on renovation projects find themselves forestalled by the financial crisis. Posted Nov 21 2008, 01:08 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Housing, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Long Island (NY)

• Defiant Mayor Won’t Promise to Send Rebate

  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg described the $400 rebate checks promised to hundreds of thousands of homeowners as “up in the air.” Posted Nov 19 2008, 11:22 PM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home Filed under: Finances, New York City, Housing, Budgets and Budgeting, Bloomberg, Michael R, Rebates

• Weighed Down by Foreclosures, Home Sales Fall

  The prices of existing single-family homes prices fell 9 percent in the third quarter compared with the period a year ago, weighed down by foreclosure sales, a trade group report showed. Posted Nov 18 2008, 12:07 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Housing, Sales, National Assn of Realtors, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• The Faces of for Sale by Owner

  An economic downturn may seem like a bad time to sell your own house. But believers in for-sale-by-owner, or FSBO (pronounced FIZZ-bo, for the uninitiated), say saving the broker’s fee is worth the effort. Posted Nov 14 2008, 03:10 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Housing, Sales, For Sale By Owner (FSBO)

• Baby, You’re Home

  A growing number of women have been opting to give birth in the intimate and familiar surroundings of home — even in small New York City apartments. Posted Nov 12 2008, 09:04 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Housing, Hospitals, Pregnancy and Obstetrics, Babies, Births, Caesarean Section, Midwives

• Revenue Down 41% for Luxury Homebuilder

  Toll Brothers said accelerating fears of job losses and a large decline in consumer spending, among other factors, contributed to drive the company’s traffic and demand down to record lows. Posted Nov 11 2008, 10:02 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Company Reports, Housing, Sales, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Toll Brothers Inc|TOL|NYSE

• A Town Drowns in Debt as Home Values Plunge

  A visit to Mountain House, Calif., shows how the housing crisis is contributing to a broad slowdown of the economy. Posted Nov 10 2008, 11:34 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: United States Economy, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Retail Stores and Trade, Housing, Foreclosures, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• Executive Pursuits: After a Life-Altering Event, Cleaning Out and Moving On

  In the throes of a divorce, Harry Hurt II is cleaning out and moving on and checking the Dumpster, too. Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:50 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Housing, Foreclosures, Waste Materials and Disposal, Moving Industry

• Talking Business: A Rescue Hindered by Politics

  There are serious, smart plans to help struggling homeowners. And yet one plan is still missing. Where, oh, where is the government’s plan? Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:49 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Housing, Foreclosures, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008)

• Banks Alter Loan Terms to Head Off Foreclosures

  JPMorgan Chase became the latest big bank to pledge to cut monthly payments, by lowering interest rates and temporarily reducing loan balances. Posted Oct 31 2008, 09:41 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Banks and Banking, Morgan, J P, Chase & Co, Housing, Credit, Foreclosures

• Mortgage Plan May Irk Those It Doesn’t Help

  Experts say it is difficult to devise programs to aid distressed homeowners without giving everyone else a reason to mail the keys back to their lenders. Posted Oct 31 2008, 07:00 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Housing, Foreclosures, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008)