Five states alone account for nearly half of all the completed foreclosures nationally.

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A Maryland woman was sentenced to one year in jail and five years of probation for stealing more than $82,000 worth of jewelry from 12 luxury homes at real estate open houses.

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Housing starts for single-family homes surged to the highest level in more than six-and-a-half years in December, a promising sign that marked the end of 2014, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

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Investors are seeing an opportunity where inventory of new or existing homes is falling short in some markets to meet buyer demand, according to a new survey by Auction.com.

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U.S. cities are poised to see a rise in employment over this year but only about half of the nation’s cities are expected to return to the employment peaks they had reached prior to the Great Recession.

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