Property sector envisages an upbeat 2009 Last year was an eventful year for the real estate industry, with both positive and negative effects.

Government officials overseeing a $700 billion bailout have acknowledged difficulties tracking the money and assessing the program’s effectiveness.

It is over a year now since the financial crisis that has come to be known as the “credit crunch” first started to play out, writes The Press in an editorial.

Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to a record low for the third straight week and borrowers took advantage of the drop, sending new applications soaring.

In the Merrimack Valley, the crumbling real estate market hit the construction industry.

IndyMac Bancorp, which failed in July after a run on its deposits, is to be sold by the US government to private equity and hedge fund firms, according to US reports.

Stocks discussed in the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program, Monday December 29.

In the last year we have witnessed economic corrections resulting in the folding of a housing market, a credit lockup, a failing financial sector, a recent oil pop, insurance and rating agency scandals, forced …

Gusty winds helped destroy an ice house on Lake Minnetonka Monday. The house was on St.

It hasn’t been a very merry holiday season for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. shareholders, with the stock trading below $1 since mid-November. The new year doesn’t hold much promise either, according to a …