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U.S. homes will lose a total of $1.7 trillion in value in 2010, according to real estate site Zillow.com. The value lost this year will be 63% more than in 2009, and will take the total value lost since June 2006 to more than $9 trillion, Zillow said on its blog. "Since the peak of home values...

Despite reports that the recession is "over" and loan rates are dropping, one-third of Americans still can't get a mortgage because their credit scores are too low. That's the latest from a mortgage market analysis just released by real estate web site Zillow. The economists who crafted the new...

A survey by real estate website Zillow.com showed homeowner confidence fell in the second quarter, with one-third saying that home prices had not yet touched bottom. Pessimism about home values in the near-term was worse than in the previous three quarters, Reuters reported. Thirty-three percent...

Bank stocks have been on a tear over the last few months, rising twice as fast as the market. But changes in the banking world, from souring commercial real estate loans to higher interest rates, suggest that the sector could come under pressure in the second half of the year.

In the hopeful-timing department -- the real estate market traditionally busts open in the spring -- Zillow.com has launched the Zillow Android App, delivering data on 95 million U.S. properties literally into the palms of cell-phone users' hands. Capitalizing on the success of the Zillow iPhone...

Overall U.S. home values declined again in the fourth quarter of 2009. While prices in some markets appear to have hit bottom, values are slipping again in many parts of the country, even in some areas that had seen some gains.

During his first year in office, President Barack Obama's home has lost 5.1% of its value. No, not his house in Chicago, the White House. According to a new "Zestimate" by the witty folks at Zillow, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is now worth a measly $292.5 million. That decline mirrored the 5% drop...

No question. We are in the age of the app. One newspaper columnist a few months ago even decided that smartphones such as the iPhone ought to really be called App Phones.

Zillow, the real estate home-price research company, says the value of residential real estate ended its sickening drop in 2009. The firm's chief economist writes: "Total home values in the United States fell $489 billion in the first 11 months of 2009. A large drop, to be sure, but it marks a...

The percentage of Americans owning homes that are under water is falling, according to Zillow's third-quarter Real Estate Market Reports, which focus on 156 metropolitan areas. The other good news is that home values were relatively flat between the second and third quarters, so the price declines...